“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Ernest Hemingway, American author It seems a lot of people are either writing a book or thinking about writing a book. It's as much a national past-time as plotting a way to make it onto The Voice or America's… Continue reading Do you need to be Stephen King?
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Location, location, location
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” George R.R. Martin, American novelist and screenwriter It is 95 degrees this afternoon. Everything I didn't want to do today is done, as are a few of the things I actually did want to do. So,… Continue reading Location, location, location
Time to write
"I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." Mark Twain, American author and humorist I'm not sure why people want to know when and where those who write books actually do such a thing, but they do. This question was posed to me during a book-promotion interview… Continue reading Time to write
Bottom of the bird cage
“Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.” Louisa May Alcott, American author, "Little Men" Writing for a newspaper was an excellent start to a career I… Continue reading Bottom of the bird cage
Looking for a beach read?
"The beach is not a place to work; to read, write or to think." Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author, "Gift from the Sea" Mrs. Lindbergh is so, so right. A beach is a place to simply be. Which makes it ironic that my first work of fiction could be classified as a "beach read." Those… Continue reading Looking for a beach read?
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