“ ...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book. Rob Bignell
“ A pen that has clocked up a million words, a lifetime’s memories, is worth more than the centrepiece in a jeweller’s window. Fennel Hudson
“ Rarely will I write indoors, even if it means getting wet during rain, or my hands numb in winter. Fennel Hudson
“ I write into an old book that smells of dust and whose pages are floppy with damp. Sometimes the ink splodges onto the paper, other times it will barely leave the nib of my pen. Fennel Hudson
“ I’m pretty sure I’m the only author who intends to take the longest possible route to a destination that will always be over the next hill. Fennel Hudson
“ Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres. Fennel Hudson
“ When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one’s mood, collect one’s thoughts, and have a plan. Fennel Hudson
“ If a pen can communicate our thoughts, dreams, and emotions and be the voice of our soul, then ink is the medium that carries the message. Fennel Hudson
“ Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce. Fennel Hudson
“ Never interrupt an author when he or she is ‘in the zone’, else you’ll understand the real meaning of ‘writer’s nib’. Fennel Hudson
“ Confront the page that taunts you with its whiteness. Face your enemy and fill it with words. You are bigger and stronger than a piece of paper. Fennel Hudson
“ A writer’s tools are desperation, humiliation, loneliness, love, affection, heartache, happiness, glee, defeat, victory, setbacks, and a desire for personal redemption. People with the experience to k… Kilroy J. Oldster
