A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
—Isaac B. Singer
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can write anything good.
—William Faulkner
All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
―Ernest Hemingway
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment.
—Hart Crane
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
—Cyril Connolly
It is impossible to discourage real writers—they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.
—Sinclair Lewis
I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right.
—Cheryl Strayed
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
On Sale!
The SOLSTICE 31 SAGA is now on sale on Audible! This includes all three novels in one audio edition that is over 36 hours long.
Are you planning a big road trip?
Do you spend a lot of time commuting?
Do you just love Audio Books?
You can get this collection for ONE Audible credit of the low price of $21!
Narrated by Andrew Tell!
Are you planning a big road trip?
Do you spend a lot of time commuting?
Do you just love Audio Books?
You can get this collection for ONE Audible credit of the low price of $21!
Narrated by Andrew Tell!
--Available on Audible and iTunes.
Monday, October 8, 2018
Includes my short story: The Winter Archer
--Coming soon! November 2018...
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Quotes of the Week
Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none.
—Jules Renard
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
—Stephen King
Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.
—Isabel Allende
Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.
—Stephen Fry
The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist, is to remain true to himself and let the chips fall where they may.
—John F. Kennedy
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
—L. Frank Baum
Right now—whether you're in writing courses getting "paid" in credit for writing, or burdened and distracted by earning a living and changing diapers—figure out how to make writing an integral part of your life.
—Janet Burroway
You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.
—Lin-Manuel Miranda
A story happens when two equally appealing forces, or characters, or ideas try to occupy the same place at the same time.
—Amy Hempel
Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.
—J.H. Glaze
Just keep moving forward and don't give a shit what people think. Do what you have to do for you.
—Johnny Depp
—Jules Renard
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
—Stephen King
Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.
—Isabel Allende
Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.
—Stephen Fry
The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist, is to remain true to himself and let the chips fall where they may.
—John F. Kennedy
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
—L. Frank Baum
Right now—whether you're in writing courses getting "paid" in credit for writing, or burdened and distracted by earning a living and changing diapers—figure out how to make writing an integral part of your life.
—Janet Burroway
You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.
—Lin-Manuel Miranda
A story happens when two equally appealing forces, or characters, or ideas try to occupy the same place at the same time.
—Amy Hempel
Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.
—J.H. Glaze
Just keep moving forward and don't give a shit what people think. Do what you have to do for you.
—Johnny Depp
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