Quote: how to get rich from writing
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that’s read by persons who move their lips when they’re reading to themselves. – Don Marquis
writing / blogging
Quote Writing v. Reading
A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. – MignonMcLaughlin (I suppose that’s the same as hearing and speaking…)
Quote: your offering
Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer. – Barbara Kingsolver
Quote: Easy writing
Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. – Sholem Asch
Quote: reading without effort
When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. – Enrique Jardiel Poncela
Quote – write the books you want to read
If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. – Toni Morrison
Quote: writing …
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. – Anais Nin
On baby chickens and other Mystery Guests
I found the skeleton of a baby bird in my bathroom vent (see Day 14). It was well and truely dead (as in, only the bones were left) but it still made me queasy. It’s snowed here so I couldn’t really bury it properly. I dropped it off my balcony into the bushes instead. As […]
Quote – writer …
I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter. – James Michener
On CVs and other paperwork.
(I have finally made myself do my Ski-Training, so I can write again ;)) My life seems to be full of paperwork at the moment. I’d like to say I’m getting better at dealing with it, but I think that would be lying. It seems to create more problems and hassle per square inch than […]
On not sleeping…
Explain this: This morning, as on many others, I had to fight myself to get out of bed. It was so cold everywhere but under the duvet, and I snoozed and I faffed about and ended up running halfway to work, so as to be marginally less late. (My minutes of lateness seem to add […]
On setting out
if a journey starts with the first step, then I guess a blog starts with the first word..
Hello world!
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