Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Ernest Hemingway
"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can."--Ernest Hemingway
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Monday, November 7, 2005
Barbara Kingslover
Author of Prodigal Summer and other literary works, Barbara Kingslover says she is inspired by and critics often compare her to Henry David Thoreau. On writing: "Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out...
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Friday, November 4, 2005
Dog Song,
Gary Paulsen, has written over 175 children's books, among them: "Dog Song", "Hatchet", and " The Monument" This is what he says about writing: "Writing is an extension of reading. Read. Read like a wolf eats!"
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Thursday, November 3, 2005
Why am I? How did I get to me?
Ellen Degeners: "My point...and I do Have One", Bantam NY 1995 "Why am I? How did I get to be me? If I wasn't me, who would I be? How can you mend a broken heart? These are all good questions. Well, almost all good questions--I'm pretty sure the last one is just a Bee Gee's song. Anyway, what I'm...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Let's Hear it for Thomas Mann
"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
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Tuesday, November 1, 2005
And then there’s Jules Renard, a notable French author born in 1864, who had some droll things to say about writers: ► Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted. ► Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. ► The reward of great men is...
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Sunday, October 30, 2005
Ben Franklin said:
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Ben Franklin The Bloggers anthem, creed, agenda, mission statement, pledge, tenet, belief, commitment. Don’t you agree? That’s us, fellow writers.
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Saturday, October 29, 2005
WRITING IS EASY?
"WRITING IS EASY. YOU SIT DOWN AT THE TYPEWRITER AND OPEN A VEIN". Red Smith, American Journalist/Sportswriter I have never thought of myself as a writer. An editor, maybe. That close-minded-creativity-hit man, that red pen-wielding-party-pooping dictator---an editor. Not a writer, though. But, I’ve...
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