Posts Tagged: writing
On NOT searching for perfection (for writers) #quote #amwriting #advice
I wish I could explain to “aspiring authors” and “I love to write, but I just don’t have the time” writers how important this is: One thing I learned real early in my career is that if you wait for the perfect mood, or the perfect place, or the perfect situation for writing, you’ll never write a word. John Nichols mjanecolette TellMe@mjanecolette.com WANT LOVE LETTERS? 💕 SIGN UP FOR LOVE LETTERS & GET
On NOT searching for perfection (for writers) #quote #amwriting #advice
I wish I could explain to “aspiring authors” and “I love to write, but I just don’t have the time” writers how important this is: One thing I learned real early in my career is that if you wait for the perfect mood, or the perfect place, or the perfect situation for writing, you’ll never write a word. John Nichols mjanecolette TellMe@mjanecolette.com WANT LOVE LETTERS? 💕 SIGN UP FOR LOVE LETTERS & GET
Life’s Dangerous Companions & Writing Days
Me: I’m alive. You: I don’t care. Me: You didn’t miss me, at all? You: No. What’s the word count? Me: Um. Well. Taking a bit of a break from making words and reading some. You: You know that’s procrastination,
Life’s Dangerous Companions & Writing Days
Me: I’m alive. You: I don’t care. Me: You didn’t miss me, at all? You: No. What’s the word count? Me: Um. Well. Taking a bit of a break from making words and reading some. You: You know that’s procrastination,
Air and light and time and space by Charles Bukowski
This, right? Just this: “– you know, I’ve either had a family, a job, something has always been in the way but now I’ve sold my house, I’ve found this place, a large studio, you should see the space and the light. for
Air and light and time and space by Charles Bukowski
This, right? Just this: “– you know, I’ve either had a family, a job, something has always been in the way but now I’ve sold my house, I’ve found this place, a large studio, you should see the space and the light. for
Anaïs Nin on writing and tasting life
“We write to taste life twice: in the moment, and in retrospect.” Anaïs Nin HIM: Anaïs Nin. Again. ME: Yes. The diaries, this time. HIM: Obsess much? ME: A little. No orders this week. Too busy with Anaïs. mjc
Anaïs Nin on writing and tasting life
“We write to taste life twice: in the moment, and in retrospect.” Anaïs Nin HIM: Anaïs Nin. Again. ME: Yes. The diaries, this time. HIM: Obsess much? ME: A little. No orders this week. Too busy with Anaïs. mjc
Sylvia Plath on writing and love
“Writing is the first love of my life. I have to live well and rich and far to write… I could never be a narrow introvert writer, the way many are, for my writing depends so much on my life.”
Sylvia Plath on writing and love
“Writing is the first love of my life. I have to live well and rich and far to write… I could never be a narrow introvert writer, the way many are, for my writing depends so much on my life.”
She wants me to teach her how to write erotica…
She wants me to teach her how to write erotica, and she sends me something she’s written. And then, texts me while I’m reading it. Her: “Well? What do you think?” I’m still reading, and what I’m thinking, at this
She wants me to teach her how to write erotica…
She wants me to teach her how to write erotica, and she sends me something she’s written. And then, texts me while I’m reading it. Her: “Well? What do you think?” I’m still reading, and what I’m thinking, at this
Susan Sontag on sex and writing
“If only I could feel about sex as I do about writing! That I’m the vehicle, the medium, the instrument of some force beyond myself.” –Susan Sontag More on Sontag and sex, here, at BrainPickings: Susan Sontag on Sex. ORDERS: Writers,
Susan Sontag on sex and writing
“If only I could feel about sex as I do about writing! That I’m the vehicle, the medium, the instrument of some force beyond myself.” –Susan Sontag More on Sontag and sex, here, at BrainPickings: Susan Sontag on Sex. ORDERS: Writers,
“Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer…”
“Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, good mother, good looking, good tempered, well groomed and unaggressive.” – Leslie McIntyre MYSTERY: Who
“Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer…”
“Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, good mother, good looking, good tempered, well groomed and unaggressive.” – Leslie McIntyre MYSTERY: Who
Allow me to introduce you to Blaise Lucey
I’ll tell you about how I found Blaise Lucey’s blog in one of the Wednesday confessions. In the meantime: Blaise Lucey: a creative resource for creative people trying to figure out what the heck is going on You’re welcome. You
Allow me to introduce you to Blaise Lucey
I’ll tell you about how I found Blaise Lucey’s blog in one of the Wednesday confessions. In the meantime: Blaise Lucey: a creative resource for creative people trying to figure out what the heck is going on You’re welcome. You
Hemingway on creativity (productivity?) and sex
“Eased off on the book…in May because Dr. said I worked too hard in April, and May fine month to fish and make love to Miss Mary. I have to ease off on makeing love when writing hard as the
Hemingway on creativity (productivity?) and sex
“Eased off on the book…in May because Dr. said I worked too hard in April, and May fine month to fish and make love to Miss Mary. I have to ease off on makeing love when writing hard as the
She recommends a book she hasn’t read: Get Started in Writing Erotic Fiction
Check this out: Get Started in Writing Erotic Fiction by Judith Watts and Mirren Baxter (Hodder & Stoughton, 2013). A very short review: I haven’t read the book. I bought it, I skipped straight to the list of publishers in
She recommends a book she hasn’t read: Get Started in Writing Erotic Fiction
Check this out: Get Started in Writing Erotic Fiction by Judith Watts and Mirren Baxter (Hodder & Stoughton, 2013). A very short review: I haven’t read the book. I bought it, I skipped straight to the list of publishers in
Charles Bukowski: So You Want To Be A Writer
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to sit
Charles Bukowski: So You Want To Be A Writer
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to sit
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