Writing fiction is fun. Writing non-fiction is life-changing.
To my words: There was once a wall between us. Now we walk together and greet the world.
When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety.When great trees fallin forests,small things recoil int...
It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment. Our American heirs may...
When you write a manuscript, it feels like being in a relationship with someone. You'll hate it, get bored with it, be pissed of, like you just want to break up. But, just like any relationship, you w...
A writer who can't follow submission guidelines is like a pilot without a plane... ain't gonna get very far!
Every writer dreams about the day they can step into their fiction and wander its hallways.
One must learn the rules so one can break them properly.
When we think, we hurt. When we feel, we heal.
In life, be a kid in a candy store.
When we hear our souls speak, we are free.
A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the w
some words bring warmthjust bybeing next to each other.
Cherish every relationship in your life. There are certain things in life that can't be fixed if broken!
Get black on white.
Only Southerners have taken horsewhips and pistols to editors about the treatment or maltreatment of their manuscript. This--the actual pistols--was in the old days, of course, we no longer succumb to...
Fame is neither something to value nor to view as a threat.
Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They w...
Be the light.
A writer leads a hyphenated-life with words