20th Anniversary of _Writing Down the Bones_
Did Bones change your writing life? Here’s your chance to celebrate in Taos, New Mexico with Natalie Goldberg! Filmmaker Mary Feidt and authors Rob Wilder and Eddie Lewis have planned […] The post 20th...
View ArticleAnd I did it MYYYYY WAAAAAAY
“Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.” – Bernard Malamud, interviewed for The Writer’s Desk by Jill Krementz What’s your way? […] The post And I did it...
View ArticleGo Team!
Go Team! “Anybody can become a writer, but the trick is to stay a writer” – Harlan Ellison One Friday in August,1996, I watched two women sitting across from one […] The post Go Team! appeared first on...
View ArticleNo Conference? No Problem.
“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” – Steven Wright By now many central Ohio folks have heard that the Columbus Writer’s Conference organizers are taking a […] The post No Conference?...
View ArticleOne Thing
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” ~ Cicero [106 B.C. to 43 B.C.] I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions since […] The post One Thing appeared...
View ArticleQuick! The Rabbit’s Napping
“Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.” – T.S. Eliot Taped to the edge of my computer screen is a yellowing newspaper horoscope from September 25, 2003: […] The post Quick! The...
View ArticleBlurry
“Books are never finished, they are merely abandoned.” – Oscar Wilde When the writing is slow, I fear I’ve forgotten everything I know about how to write a book. Everything […] The post Blurry appeared...
View ArticleThe Pen is Your Friend
“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann (1875 – 1955) People often ask whether I write by […] The post The Pen is Your Friend appeared first...
View ArticleWhen All Else Fails
“Well, I don’t know exactly how it’s done. I let it alone a good deal.” – Saul Bellow It happened again this month. I spent two days gathering, organizing, html-ing, […] The post When All Else Fails...
View ArticleFinding a Community
“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” – Henrik Ibsen quotes (Major Norwegian playwright of the late 19th century, 1828-1906) When I […] The post Finding a...
View ArticleReady to Teach?
“We make sacred pact. I promise teach karate to you. You promise learn. I say. You do. No questions.” – Mr. Miyagi from “The Karate Kid” Are you ready to […] The post Ready to Teach? appeared first on...
View ArticleGeographic Cures
“Shut up about ideal conditions. I am tired of hearing myself whine about needing a writing shed—and, frankly, I’m tired of hearing you whine about it too.” – Patti Digh […] The post Geographic Cures...
View ArticleUnanswerable Questions
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.” – Rainer Maria Rilke I don’t feel like writing today, but I’m writing […] The post Unanswerable...
View ArticleScreaming on the Page
“[T]he one thing I want for you is to recognize when you are really singing in writing practice and honor that. Trust that. When you were screaming on the page. […] The post Screaming on the Page...
View ArticleThe True Secret of Writing
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Wouldn’t it be nice to discover the actual, honest to goodness, true secret […] The post The True Secret of...
View ArticleThat Nasty Little Voice
“Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” – George Sheehan, columnist, cardiologist, running legend When I woke today, that […] The post...
View ArticleWe Are Not Alone
“The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other but to be with each other.” – Christopher McDougall, author of BORN TO RUN I like National Novel Writing […] The post We Are Not Alone appeared...
View ArticleI Be Hip Ya’ll
Have you gizoogled yourself yet? It looks like google, but it’s definitely not. It’s kind of like google translate, but instead of turning your prose from English into Spanish, it […] The post I Be Hip...
View ArticleSit, Walk, Write
“I beg to urge you everyone:Life and Death are a Great MatterAwaken, awaken, awakenTime passes quicklyDo not waste this precious life.” – Zen Evening Chant Best-selling author...
View ArticleTen Minutes at a Time
“Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is […] The post Ten Minutes...
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