As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite participates, note by note, in the creation, the coming-to-be, the existence, of the music. And,…
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Reading and Creating
Tagged with: creativity, importance of reading, power of words, reading quote, Ursula K. Le Guin
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
Saying “Yes” to Saying “No”
Today is my last day as webmaster for SouthWest Writers (SWW). Tomorrow I’ll begin a semi-sabbatical for the remainder of the year. Not a rest from everything, just from taking on new responsibilities. A sabbatical, I suppose, from saying “yes.”…
Tagged with: encouragement to write, just write, the write attitude, writing commitment
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Book Review: Apocalypta Z by Maer Wilson
Apocalypta Z by Maer Wilson A Book Review by Carol Holland March This is one of the few zombie books I have read recently since generally I am turned off by the blood and gore and the lurid descriptions of…
Tagged with: Carol Holland March, dystopian fiction, zombie apocalypse, zombie fiction
Posted in Book Reviews
Posted in Book Reviews
Why Writers Write: Kathy Kitts
by Kathy Kitts In Poets & Writers Magazine, they have a column titled “Why We Write.” I enjoy reading what the guest authors have to say and how they interpret the questions. Today, I would like to respond. I believe…
Tagged with: K. Eisert, Kathy Kitts, KL Wagoner, the reader is always right, truth in story, writer's responsibility, writing truths
Posted in The Writing Life
Posted in The Writing Life
Creativity: Crushing and Glorious
Creativity is a crushing chore and a glorious mystery. The work wants to be made, and it wants to be made through you. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Tagged with: creativity, creativity quotes, Elizabeth Gilbert quote, power of words
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
A Writer’s True Compensation
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it. ~ Roald Dahl
An Interview with Author Keith Pyeatt, Part 2
Keith Pyeatt is an engineer turned novelist who writes paranormal thrillers with a psychological twist that he calls “horror with heart.” Living for ten years in an isolated cabin in Vermont may have influenced his choice of genre, but his empathetic…
Every Book Demands its Own Thing
You’re the kind of writer that you are. You have a process. Maybe that process is slowly and painstakingly crafting a novel over many years—a dedication like that of a watchmaker’s artifice. Or maybe instead you prefer to write like…
Tagged with: Chuck Wendig quote, encouragement to write, writing quotes, writing truths
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Posted in Quotes
A Writer’s Approach: Plotter, Pantser, Hybrid
Here’s a repost of my 2013 article from ThisNewMountain.com. It’s been said, and much debated, that there are two kinds of writers—those who outline and plan before starting a writing project (plotters) and those who dive in and write “by…
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