Writers are nothing more than borderline schizophrenics who are able to control the voices.
If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - then success is insanity squared!(2012 SCBWI New Member Conference; Richmond, VA)
Socially interacting with a storyteller can be a frustrating challenge because a portion of her awareness is constantly sorting through the details of a developing book. And while you may successfully...
Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.
Everyone has a story to tell, so why not let me put it on paper!
Authors are supernatural beings. They exist in the world, also in worlds they create, and in the worlds of other authors they read.
In writing, the point is not to manifest or exalt the act of writing, nor is it to pin a subject within language; it is, rather, a question of creating a space into which the writing subject constantl...
Primary goal for the author: 'Write what you mean to say'Primary goal for the reader: 'Read what the author actually writes
I am an Author a person who plays with words so they can dance in the minds of others
There is something silly about a man who wears a white suit all the time, especially in New York." (on Tom Wolfe)
An authors publication date never matters, a book not read yet will always be New"...
There should be more to writing than entertaining an already-brain-dead society and making money. If not,then you miss the point of writing.
i want to never settle for anything less than my soul on paper.
How are you supposed to know what to read next? This is the question that keeps us up at night, so at Day One our mission is to feed an audience of literature-hungry, time-constrained readers like you...
We only pay for what we admire, want and recognize as necessary, even when a cup of coffee is priced at the same value of a book that can change our entire future.
In my imagination, the Editor meditated in a mountain-cave, espoused the rules of grammar, and frowned upon speculative fiction.
An author's job is to make you aware of your feelings while you continue to feel them.
Start telling the stories that only you can tell. Because there will always be better writers than you, and there will always be smarter writers than you, and there will always be, you know, people wh...
It's not a job but a condition.(Alan Garner on writing)
People always try to make self-published authors feel insignificant. I have more respect for self-published authors, because I know the adversity they faced. They didn't just write a manuscript, query...
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