“I have been in Sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.” -Zora Neale Hurston I was trying to think of Ms. Hurston’s name this weekend at a writing group I attend. I had to lookContinue reading “I Have Stood on the Peaky Mountain”
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
“I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.” -David Mitchell I’ve been thinking about Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell a lot lately. I haven’t read the book yet, but I loved the movie. It definitely had an impact on me and made me rethink a lot of things that go onContinue reading “Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell”
Openness
“The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.” -E. B. White I do like things staying the same. At the same time, I like to keep expanding too. I took one of those leadership tests and I scored high in openness. TheyContinue reading “Openness”
My Writing Friends
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. -E.B. White I really like this quote. Seriously, my little group of writing rebels lights up my life. Rebels because they write against all odds. They write in the middle of the night and early morning. After work, thinkingContinue reading “My Writing Friends”
I’m Still Here
Here’s my daily post. No deep and profound insights today. Just a little note to say hi👋🏽 I’m still here. Doing this writing thing isn’t always easy and fun, but I do my best to find the easy and fun ways to get it done. Here’s a cool article if you’re looking for something interestingContinue reading “I’m Still Here”
Make Up a Story
“Make up a story… For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.” – ToniContinue reading “Make Up a Story”
The Purge
“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.” – Ernest Hemingway I’m at the point in my editing process where I’m deleting and getting right to the point. I know the story. Now, to get rid of all the parts that motivatedContinue reading “The Purge”
If you could choose which writer would you have dinner with?
“Every act of communication is an act of tremendous courage in which we give ourselves over to two parallel possibilities: the possibility of planting into another mind a seed sprouted in ours and watching it blossom into a breathtaking flower of mutual understanding; and the possibility of being wholly misunderstood, reduced to a withering weed.” -UrsulaContinue reading “If you could choose which writer would you have dinner with?”
Latest Rabbit Hole
“The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen … Perhaps it can’t be done without the poet, but it certainly can’t be done without the people. The poet and the people get on generally very badly, and yet they need each other.Continue reading “Latest Rabbit Hole”
The Magic of Writing
The magic of writing comes exactly when you learn to expect it. Has this happened to you while you were writing? Have you written and then bam, it all makes complete sense in a different way than you intended? And not only that, the new way is even better? Or have you written about somethingContinue reading “The Magic of Writing”
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