December 2011
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“There is no point in fighting [Amazon] or explaining to them that we should be...”
– Ann Patchett, in an email to Richard Russo
[Amazon is also under a tremendous amount of lawsuits due to their “sharing books” policy which they performed without consent or agreement between Amazon and the authors. I’m not too happy with them right now either, Ann.]
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“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.”
– Cormac McCarthy; All the Pretty Horses
“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least...”
– George Orwell - Politics and the English Language (via bodasdesangre)
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“As a writer one doesn’t belong anywhere. Fiction writers, I think, are even more...”
– William Trevor (via bookoasis)
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“That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a...”
– Aphra Behn; The Lucky Chance
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pixiegrace asked: Hey ho :) I was just wondering, would you by any chance know of any site or community online where aspiring (or actual) writers can post some of their work for critical feedback from other writers? As in, one that isn't about fanfic etc. but focuses on original work. I write a lot and I'd be interested in getting some constructive criticism and the like from other writers, so I can be...
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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“Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of...”
– Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
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