Writing well isn’t merely a utilitarian skill. It is about developing a rational grace and energy in your conversation with the world around you.
– Verlyn Klinkenborg
haiku 286
lawn sprinklers
mist glows
in the sun
#quikfic 73
Percy kept his binoculars trained on the flying saucer. Apart from the alien visitation, he was positive it bore a bumper sticker.
Quotable 173
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you’ve made sense of one small area.
– Nadine Gordimer
haiku 285
one last scratch
for the veterinarian –
a fighter to the end
November 1998 – October 11, 2013
#quikfic 72
When I opened my new CD, I found a note inside: “Help! I’m being held an artistic prisoner by my label and my teenage fan base.”
Quotable 172
I think about the characters I’ve created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There’s a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. It’s spooky.
– Tom Clancy
haiku 284
briefly sensible –
just a soda, not a soda
and a doughnut
#quikfic 71
The boy ran through the store, his toy guns making a racket. As clerks tried to corral him, his father emptied the cash registers.
Quotable 171
Don’t romanticize your “vocation.” You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no “writer’s lifestyle.” All that matters is what you leave on the page.
– Zadie Smith