A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.
– Richard Bach
Month: September 2015
haiku 373
sounds of an eclipse –
horses’ hooves on pavement
and train horns
Quotable 261
One of the surest ways to establish dramatic tension is to have characters in bad situations who are trying intelligently to solve their problems, failing, and falling into worse situations.
– Cory Doctorow
haiku 372
slip her the cash
for some mexican coke
and a doughnut
Quotable 260
The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work.
– John Hughes
haiku 371
big city –
smart car passes
pink humvee
Quotable 259
Sometimes I think works of fiction should be unsatisfying. Because a story is not a sandwich. Some stories should leave you hungry.
– Charlie Jane Anders
haiku 370
under the bumper
black feathers still flap
in the breeze
Quotable 258
Write first. The confidence comes through the process.
– Cathy Presland
haiku 369
muggy summer night –
four young raccoons
prowl the back yard