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It’s A Farce
Do you think writing schools can teach you how to write? Barbara Bradford Taylor said: “Writing cannot be taught, it can be learned.” “Now that’s a bad comment,” wrote Craig Thomas. “I think the passion for language cannot be born, … Continue reading
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The Night Is Coming
For almost a month now I have been blogging about what I love most, writing and writers. I would like to thank you all for reading, following and sharing your thoughts and taking your time to leave your comments. You, … Continue reading
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You May Be An Author But You Certainly Aren’t A Writer
“You may be an author, but you certainly aren’t a writer.” Harlan Ellison Ever since I learned how to read and write I knew that an author and a writer are basically the same person. Thinking that I was missing … Continue reading
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Excuse Me?
“Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art of ending.” Longfellow When I first wrote my book, The Lost I, based on my personal experiences of civil war, one of my friends said: “You know, I could write … Continue reading
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The Novel Is A Living Organism
Ray Bradbury wrote: “First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.” Are you in any way like Ray Bradbury? Do you, once you have an idea for a book, sit at your desk and hit the keyboard … Continue reading
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The Greatest Of Pleasures
Anne Fadiman wrote: “One day, when Sir Walter Scott was out hunting, a sentence he had been trying to compose all morning suddenly leapt into his head. Before it could fade, he shot a crow, plucked a feather, sharpened the … Continue reading
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Read! Then Write
Lawrence Kasdan, author of Raiders of The Lost Ark, has said that a career in writing “is like having homework for the rest of your life.” Back in the days when I was teaching mathematics in Dubai, I had made … Continue reading
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Wanting To Meet An Author Is Like Wanting To Meet A Duck?
Irving Wallace once said at a writer’s conference: “If you can get excited about the fact that Victor Hugo was born in the French city of Besancon, and that he died in May 1885, then you are either a pedagogue … Continue reading
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Don’t Think- Do It!
Ray Bradbury wrote; “Writing should come from deep inside you- you should go to the typewriter every morning and throw up- then clean it up every afternoon. I want the truth to come out. I want the great stuff from … Continue reading
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So What Do You Do?
W. Somerset Maugham wrote: “An author is probably the last person who can write fitly about his own work.” I personally agree with what he said. In the process of submitting your work to the publishers and agents, you are … Continue reading
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