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Do you need to be Stephen King?

July 18, 2018July 17, 2018 JOY journal

“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?

Tagged books, rejection, success, writing1 Comment
books

Location, location, location

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 JOY journal

“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

Tagged books, reading, setting, writing
books

Time to write

June 28, 2018 JOY journal

"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

Tagged books, scheduling, time, writing4 Comments
books, spiritual life

Looking for a beach read?

June 11, 2018 JOY journal

"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?

Tagged beach reads, books, love1 Comment

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