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I Write That I Am Writing
Ever since I can remember I have had this passion, this crazy love affair with writing instruments, particularly pencils, pens, writing pads, paper. But my love of reading and specially that of writing exceeds all. A passion so wild and … Continue reading
Hang On To Their Words
We humans are social animals by nature. We need to communicate, to talk, to socialize. We need to ask questions about things that interest us in the same way we seek assurance and approval for the things we do. And … Continue reading
The Pillow And The Baseball Bat
I love the classics. I read most of them decades ago. But I don’t think I can read those same books again with the same enthusiasm and eagerness I had for them years ago. And the reason is not because … Continue reading
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Tagged art, attention, author, baseball, blog, book, books, creative writing, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, humor, ideas, imagination, joy, life, literature, love, music, novel, people, poetry, publishing, quotes, racing, Random, reading, scene, story, style, thoughts, time, tweet, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Who Can Forget A Gag
For the past few months I have been posting articles about writing, something I love to do most and talk about most, but as Hillaire Belloc writes: “Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, comedy, creative writing, diary, drama, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, film, happy, Hollywood, ideas, imagination, inspiration, library, life, literature, love, memories, movie, music, novel, people, poetry, reading, story, thoughts, truth, words, work, write, writer, writing, writing tips
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Tolstoy Calls It Infection
“Great art is when a great man who has the highest life-conception of his time tells what he feels. Then the infection is universal. Everybody understands it and at once.” Leo Tolstoy Did you ever think of writing about an … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, craft, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, experience, feelings, fiction, happy, ideas, Leo Tolstoy, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, nature, novel, people, poetry, reading, relationship, story, thoughts, truth, words, work, write, writer, writing, writing tips
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Greater Is The Art Of Ending
“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” Longfellow Years ago, after reading my short story in my first writing class, the teacher asked, “Why this ending?” “Because while I was still writing I realized … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, Beethoven, blog, book, books, characters, creative writing, diary, digital, dreams, emotion, English, Ernest Hemingway, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, poetry, publishing, reading, story, teaching, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Why The Hell Aren’t You Home Writing
Word has it that a Nobel Laureate told a group of writers standing beside a bar that, within a radius of one mile, there were at least a hundred better writers than any of us; the difference between us as … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, dreams, emotion, English, essay, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, magic, memories, Montreal, music, novel, poetry, ramblings, story, teaching, thoughts, University, words, world, write, writer, writing
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The Impulse To Write A Novel
“The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.” Angus Wilson Throughout the years I have always loved and appreciated the simple things that life has thrown my way. I thrive on the relationships I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, creative writing, dreams, easy, emotion, energy, English, essay, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, journey, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, people, picture, poetry, story, teacher, thoughts, University, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Crossing The Finish Line
“All human happiness and misery take the form of action.” Aristotle Years ago when I started writing my first novel , I had a full time job teaching in a school, and my two children were then in school, the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, blog, book, books, characters, children, creative writing, dreams, emotion, energy, English, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, people, poetry, publishing, running, school, story, teaching, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Never Talk To Anyone
“However am now going to write a swell novel- will not talk about it on account the greater ease of talking about it than writing it and consequent danger of doing same.” Ernest Hemingway (in a letter to F. Scott … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, blog, book, books, characters, creative writing, discovery, dreams, emotion, English, Ernest Hemingway, essay, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, imagination, journey, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, passion, poetry, song, story, teacher, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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