“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” -Anaïs Nin
Feeling through writing is the point. When I first started out as a writer, I wanted to write something that was analyzed in a college classroom. Now that years have passed, I desire less that my writing be analyzed and more that it be felt and inspire. I want my work to be part of someone’s top three books that made them come alive, choose to stay alive, or reach for the stars. Life is meant to be felt, not in a way that we are swayed this way and that, but in a way that we are present in our different environments. Like life, writing requires presence at the bare minimum.
What’s your top three?
Wow! Selecting my top three books is always tough. I’d say Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is number one, Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked this Way Comes, then Isaac Asimov’s Robot Mystery series.
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