Tag Archive for 'writing'

On the bedside table

Generally, I find that I am reading more than one book at a time. I will read a few chapters of a fictional piece and then pick up something historical or self improving. I go back and forth between the two, or sometimes three, unless it is something totally captivating that allows me to focus [...]

If you ignore it, it will nag you to the grave.

Above my desk, I have a post card from my great friend, Kevin Rioux. Dated 22 December 22, 2007, the post card reads:
Tim-
Are you writing your book?
Hm?
Scrivere!
I started on a book a while back and told Kevin and others about it. Truth be told, by the time his postcard came I had allowed myself to [...]

Anne Lamott on plans

“If you want to make God laugh, tell your plans.”
Pardon the brief post. I just thought those were words worth sharing.

Ray Bradbury on writing

A reminder to myself, something I read once a while back and need to live by. “Only this: if you are writing without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer . . .”
I think it’s well past time I begin writing seriously.