I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right.
– Cheryl Strayed
Month: June 2021
haiku 529
a look through the door
raccoon kit
makes eye contact
Quotable 411
I think of fiction as a kind of inquiry into what it is to be a human and what it is to be a human now.
– Deborah Eisenberg
haiku 528
lunar eclipse
only a nimbus
behind the trees
Quotable 410
There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.
– Tobias Wolff
haiku 527
first time back
only one masked
at the meeting
Quotable 409
Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted.
– P.D. James
haiku 526
loaded sub
no extra charge
for the hair
Quotable 408
People are always coming up with new theories of the novel, but the main one is: Hold My Attention.
– Margaret Atwood
haiku 525
Star Wars Day –
fully inoculated
against covid
(No, this isn’t Star Wars Day. Yes, I should have posted this on Star Wars Day. Thank you for reading Catsignal.)