Quotes of the Week

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write.
--Anais Nin

Writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all.
—Charles Bukowski

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
—Marilyn Monroe

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy tales and like them best of all.
—Audrey Hepburn

When asked, "How do you write?" I invariable answer, "One word at a time."
—Stephen King

No one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.
—C. de Lint

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.
—Anne Lamott

A one-page breakthrough can start an avalanche.
—Nancy K. Haddock

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
—Robert Frost

Marry somebody who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.
—Richard Ford

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.
—Mark Twain

Images that Inspired My Writing

There is a scene in my short story The Black Pod that was inspired by this image. It's beauty and horror...

Chessiecon

Seanan McGuire aka Mira Grant

I attended Chessiecon this weekend.

I got to meet Seanan McGuire. She writes so many things, in fact, that she had to become her own evil twin, Mira Grant, in order to publish them all. She is prolific. So much so she had multiple publishers and suffers complex rules for her work

She is a good story teller. Almost stand-up comedian funny. She didn't talk about writing or publishing or her tools of methods. I suppose that is boring for her. Plus her love of frogs is funnier.

She is very open for readers and fans. Funny mostly but has serious moments.

The conference was a nice size. The hotel where it was located was the perfect scale. I attended several panel discussions only one of which was weak.

--Next year I plan on attending again as an author on panels.

Pants are Over rated

Fast Friday Indie Interviews: Wendi L. Wilson

Wendi L. Wilson

Tell me about yourself, Wendi.

I am superwoman. Okay, okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration. I have a wonderful man whose been my husband for fourteen years. I am a mom to two boys who are currently fighting over who won their most recent WWE-esque wrestling match.

I am team parent to various sports teams year round. I am active in PTA, just having come off a two year stint as president. I have a menagerie of pets, all male, that I tend to, including two cats, two snakes, a russian tortoise named Mike Tyson and a betta.

In case you're keeping score, I'm outnumbered 9-1 by boys in this house.

Oh, and I am a writer.

Tell me about your current Book:

At 16, Melanie Johnson is a typical teenage girl. She has a BFF she adores, a mad crush on her good friend Jeremy, and an evil Barbie doll that destroys her self-esteem on a regular basis.

One fateful night, after being humiliated at a party, Melanie is attacked and nearly raped as she walks home. A mysterious dog appears out of nowhere, just in the nick of time, saves her and then disappears just as quickly. No one saw him but her. And the man who tried to rape her.

In the wake of the attack, Melanie tries to pull her life back together with the help of her friends. Just as things start to go her way, she starts to receive creepy notes from her attacker, promising to finish what he started. And to make things more complicated, Jeremy has a dark secret that Melanie's not sure she can accept.

Can Melanie and Jeremy reveal the identity of her stalker before he attacks again? Will Jeremy's secret drive a wedge between them?

And will the mysterious dog save her in the end, like he did in the beginning?

Links:

Amazon: Shadowed Strength
Email: wendilwilson@outlook.com

What are you working on now?

I am currently in the editing phase of Shadowed Series Book 2: Shadowed Instincts. I am hoping to release sometime in December.

What is your favorite beverage while you write?

Coffee, of course. Isn't that the norm?

What is your favorite Website?

So many to choose from..... I'd have to say that right now, at this particular time of year, my favorite website is NFL.com's Fantasy page. I came in this year as reigning champ, talking smack with a bullseye on my back. Oh, but man, is my team stinking up the joint this year. I've changed my mind. My favorite website is Goodreads. Yeah, Goodreads.

Taking the day off to be thankful for many things... and pie.

--Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Quotes of the Week

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
—Hemingway

Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.
—Melinda Haynes

I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.
—Françoise Sagan

“All great books are strange, but not all strange books are great.”
-Daniel Handler

“Write things you care about. Write things that people want to read.”
-Neil Gaiman

“Finish things.”
-Neil Gaiman

“Real life doesn’t have to be convincing, but fiction does.”
-Neil Gaiman