I'm considering taking my journal friends-only. I don't want to do it individually to certain posts, which I have done in the past, but I want an overall level of security ( Read more... )

I have not waxed lyrical about my love of fountain pens here before. My new ink cartridges arrived yesterday and reminded me anew how much I enjoy writing with these pens ( Read more... )

Hilarious piece on the expectations vs. reality of the writing life.

Samuel Johnson was known to write quick essays under the heading Ramblers on whatever topic took his fancy. These are no doubt the precursor to today's blogs.

In Rambler 134, Johnson broaches the topic of procrastination. Some excerpts ( Read more... )

Ira Glass is the host and producer of This American Life. Click for the full original video (runtime 5:20 ( Read more... )

Parents are up in arms that 33-year-veteran high school teacher has a second career as a romance novelist.

"The teacher, Judy Buranich, of Selinsgrove, has taught at Midd-West for 33 years. Under the pen name Judy Mays, she has been writing novels for a number of those years. Her books include liaisons involving werewolves, aliens and vampires and ( Read more... )

Winston Churchill is purported to have the best response to the grammar rule that you cannot end a sentence with a preposition. He supposedly said, to an editor who reportedly tried to change one of his sentences to prevent it from ending in a preposition, "This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put." True story? Who knows.

Lecture by author Deborah Cooke

Why do you write?
What do you hope to achieve by writing?

These reasons are vastly different from goals.

What constitutes success for a writer? What's it for you?

Quantify goals
Build action plans
Then do

Success has to be within the realm of your influence - what is under your control, what you can do ( Read more... )

Stephen King: "Writing a novel is like paddling from Boston to London in a bathtub. Sometimes the damn tub sinks. It’s a wonder that most of them don’t."

From the facade of one of Los Angeles's libraries: "Books alone are liberal and free. They give to all who ask. They emancipate all who serve them faithfully."

(From Here1. Write ( Read more... )