August 2011
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“Writing is the voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of...”
– Judy Collins (via planb-becomeapirate)
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“There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good...”
– E. B. White (via writingadvice)
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Nice comment to my "Rejection" post.
msquared91 said: “Don’t consider it rejected. Consider that you’ve addressed it ‘to the editor who can appreciate my work’ and it has simply come back stamped ‘Not at this address’. Just keep looking for the right address.” - Barbara Kingsolver
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
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“… before I could read them for myself I had come to love just the words of them,...”
– Dylan Thomas on poetry (via lesmotsjustes)
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“The beginning is always today.”
– Mary Wollstonecraft
[I’d modify this quote and say, “The beginning is always now.”]
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So close . . . another rejection letter.
T., Thanks for querying me, but unfortunately I’m going to pass on representation. I agree that your story sounds right up my alley! But it’s just too long (about 20,000 words too long). It would be difficult to sell this because of that. Best, Amanda
I’m sure glad no one told Jo Rowling that without even trying to market her 700 page novels (with no pics) to 10 to 12 year olds....
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Which do you prefer: A Tangible book or an E-book?
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“I hadn’t been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun...”
– Jeannette Walls (via withbutterflies)
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TO WRITE ABOUT LIFE, YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND HAVE...
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“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the...”
– Orson Scott Card (via peninhandwordsinheart)
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“Theres nothing terribly wrong with feeling lost, so long as that feeling...”
– Johnen Vasquez (via joyeuse)
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Watchehalcyon:
This is beautiful.
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“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so!”
– Douglas Adams; The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are...”
– François de La Rochefoucauld
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“I’m just not the type of person who accumulates friends or enjoys crowds. I’m...”
– The Distant Hours by Kate Morton (via thebookishdark)
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“I need, therefore I imagine.”
– Carlos Fuentes
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“Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...”
– Henry Miller (via eggcrackers)
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“I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that...”
– Terry Goodkind (via whispingwillow)
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“There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And...”
– Where The Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
(via peninhandwordsinheart)
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How to Write Great Fiction →
marynelson8:
In this special Big Think series, 13 masterful storytellers share their wisdom and ideas about writing fiction.
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“If people don’t put clothes on your back and food on your table, who cares what...”
– Robert E. Howard (via texastalespinner) 