"We are born to love as we are born to die, and between the heartbeats of those two great mysteries lies all the tangled undergrowth of our tiny lives. There is nowhere to go but through. And so we walk on, lost, and lost again, in the mapless wilderness of love." -Tim Farrington I… Continue reading To love…
Category: Inspiration
A Charles Dickens kind of day
"There either is or is not, that’s the way things are. The colour of the day. The way it felt to be a child. The saltwater on your sunburnt legs. Sometimes the water is yellow, sometimes it’s red. But what colour it may be in memory, depends on the day. I’m not going to tell… Continue reading A Charles Dickens kind of day
A positive Monday quote!
"Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock."- Author Unknown I'm talking about literary agents you hussy.
Friday quote time!!
This week has been so hectic, it's hard to believe it's Friday again! Be sure to check out the Twitter Feed for the blog (if you haven't already) and see this week's #FF love fest. Hopefully I didn't miss anyone, so if you've RT'd or Retweeted me this week and you don't see yourself mentioned… Continue reading Friday quote time!!
You must ‘want to’ enough…
They say that perseverance is key in the publishing industry. So keep that in mind fellow writers on this #Writers Wednesday. Don't be discouraged by rejection. You never know what tomorrow's mail will bring. You just might find your literary agent partner in crime. Believe in you enough and believe in your writing enough to… Continue reading You must ‘want to’ enough…
Don’t say it was ‘delightful’…
Happy Monday! Since I'm still scribbling away at my next book, a quote about writing felt right. Also C.S. Lewis is a force to be reckoned with, so here's some writing advice from the man himself. Hope your day is filled to the brim with caffeine, writing, and minimal cursing... I take that last part… Continue reading Don’t say it was ‘delightful’…
A silly little Saturday quote
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein You know what's REALLY stupid boy genius? E=MC2. So there.
J.D. Salinger is this Friday’s quote of the day
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though." -J.D. Salinger excerpt from The Catcher in the Rye… Continue reading J.D. Salinger is this Friday’s quote of the day
Alexandre Dumas: Wait and hope…
"There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human… Continue reading Alexandre Dumas: Wait and hope…
The reason you write…
"Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write." -Rainer Maria Rilke Then do me a favor and slap yourself for being so damn dramatic.
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