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On the bedside table

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:25:03 +0000

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 on reading nothing but that particular book (e.g. The Kite Runner)

Looking from the outside at an aspiring writer, I would question the presence of Selma Lane’s The Art of Maurice Sendak and Stephen King’s On Writing on the bedside table. What sort of books will come from that kind of mind?

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

admin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:43:05 +0000

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 be distracted by a life’s more mundane offerings – the book was not being written. Maybe the story needed time to grow in my head. I have certainly not stopped thinking about the book, but it’s not being written. So, It’s time to write it now.

In your correspondence with me, whoever you are, I ask you to hold me accountable. Ask me about the book. Eventually my answer will be, “I have sent the manuscript.”

Anne Lamott on plans

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:01:49 +0000

“If you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans.”

Pardon the brief post. I just thought those were words worth sharing.

Ray Bradbury on writing

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:04:18 +0000

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 … Continue reading →