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News Can Strengthen…

June 17, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“Beware of advice — even this.”

—Carl Sandburg, WD

Laws of Novels—Be Gone

June 13, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.”

—Doris Lessing

Literary Tradition…Steal From It

June 11, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.”

—Allegra Goodman

Readers at Odds

June 1, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“If you’re a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.”

— Tim Maleeny

Courage of an Author

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“I’m often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I’m inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of courage to pour your [sic] onto paper and watch silently as the world judges it loudly.”

― Charity Parkerson

The Least of It

April 28, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.”

― Sara Levine, Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

Answer The Question…

April 26, 2014April 18, 2014Leave a comment

“An author simply comes up with a hypothetical question, and then spends eight months and 80 thousand words to come up with a believable lie to answer it.”

― Carl Henegan

Capture The Words

April 24, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“Words raced thru his mind and his fingers ached to capture them all on paper.”

― Eveli Acosta

Writing Sickness

April 22, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“Writing a book is like having a very long illness.”

— George Orwell

Jealous, Your Writing Is

April 20, 2014November 29, 2013Leave a comment

“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored. Writing is a jealous and needy lover.”

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News Can Strengthen…

“Beware of advice — even this.”

—Carl Sandburg, WD

Laws of Novels—Be Gone

“There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.”

—Doris Lessing

Literary Tradition…Steal From It

“Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.”

—Allegra Goodman

Readers at Odds

“If you’re a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.”

— Tim Maleeny

Courage of an Author

“I’m often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I’m inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of courage to pour your [sic] onto paper and watch silently as the world judges it loudly.”

― Charity Parkerson

The Least of It

“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.”

― Sara Levine, Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

Answer The Question…

“An author simply comes up with a hypothetical question, and then spends eight months and 80 thousand words to come up with a believable lie to answer it.”

― Carl Henegan

Capture The Words

“Words raced thru his mind and his fingers ached to capture them all on paper.”

― Eveli Acosta

Writing Sickness

“Writing a book is like having a very long illness.”

— George Orwell

Jealous, Your Writing Is

“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored. Writing is a jealous and needy lover.”

― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Beware of advice — even this.”

—Carl Sandburg, WD

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“There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.”

—Doris Lessing

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“Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.”

—Allegra Goodman

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“If you’re a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.”

— Tim Maleeny

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“I’m often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I’m inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of courage to pour your [sic] onto paper and watch silently as the world judges it loudly.”

― Charity Parkerson

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“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.”

― Sara Levine, Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

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“An author simply comes up with a hypothetical question, and then spends eight months and 80 thousand words to come up with a believable lie to answer it.”

― Carl Henegan

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“Words raced thru his mind and his fingers ached to capture them all on paper.”

― Eveli Acosta

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“Writing a book is like having a very long illness.”

— George Orwell

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“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored. Writing is a jealous and needy lover.”

― Richelle E. Goodrich

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