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…
Tag: Quotes
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.
Dylan Thomas is today’s quote of the day!
"Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and topsyturvies, bobs and buttontops, bags and bones, ash and rind and dandruff and nailparings, saliva and snowflakes and moulted feathers of dreams, the wrecks and sprats and shells and fishbones, whale-juice and moonshine… Continue reading Dylan Thomas is today’s quote of the day!
Success is in the eye of the beholder…
How do you measure your success? This question has been popping up all over for me lately and I can’t seem to shake it. So I’ve decided to take a deeper look at it, rather than pretending it isn’t there. Here are some ‘success status’ questions: Do you consider yourself successful if you make a… Continue reading Success is in the eye of the beholder…
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