Master Story-spinner Gifts

'I swear it was six-feet tall and at least two hundred pounds. I fought it for an hour and almost had it in the water when the line snapped!'

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

'How fast can you hype?'

The Fourth Little Pig

"Well, isn't that embarrassing."

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

"If I can't ask for more wishes, how about more genies?"

"You know how it is, one minute I'm selling insurance in South Dakota and the next minute I have a hook for a hand. How about you?"

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

You do know it's Harry Potter who's real and JK Rowling is just one of his spells?

"Your Honor, we're going to go with the prosecution's spin."

'This has all the makings of a fable. But first lets take lots of tests.'

'No! Forging a note from your parents does not count as creative writing!'

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

So I guess the moral of Hansel and Gretel is always carry your cell phone!

Iris Murdoch

' 'Cat in the Window'...chapter 14...'

Fish talking about fisherman

When Shakespeare gets up early, on the wrong side of the bed of a stranger, and in a clown suit... Later that same day, he will commence work on 'The Comedy of Errors.'"

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

Isabel Allende

Wolf to Red Riding Hood: 'No thanks, I'm on a strict grandmother diet.'

Always a bigger fish.

Günter Grass

"I'm waiting for my imagination to run riot."

'See how the fools flee when fantasy role-play is fantasy no longer!'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"I'm not sheltering at home, I'm an artist in residence!"

"So, in conclusion, I would like to say that although I haven't actually read the book, I still found it a fascinating and enriching experience.

Noel Coward.

Storm in a magic lamp.

Fish or Cut Bait

Best Seller

Fishing Boat Derby

'Are you a good witch or a bad witch?'