“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” ―Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
Books
The Characters Within A Book
“The characters within a book were, from a certain point of view, identical on some fundamental level ‒ there weren't any images of them, no physical tangibility whatsoever. They were pictures in the reader's head, constructs of imagination and ideas, given shape by the writer's work and skill and the reader's imagination. Parents, of a … Continue reading The Characters Within A Book
For Books…
“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.” ―John Milton
The Not-So-Lost Manuscripts
For the last eight months or so, I had silently convinced myself that I was abandoning the manuscripts for the series of novels I began writing in 2010. Before you scoff and judge that length of time, note that I wasn't writing "just one thing". I was writing multiple manuscripts (hence, a "series of novels") … Continue reading The Not-So-Lost Manuscripts
For Me, Traditional Publishing Means Poverty. But Self-Publish? No Way!
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/mar/21/for-me-traditional-publishing-means-poverty-but-self-publish-no-way?CMP=fb_a-culture_b-gdnculture This is a brilliantly written piece and obscenely honest.
Authors Like Cats…
“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.” ―Robertson Davies As a side note: You know it's time to get out of bed when you've got a cat on your nightstand staring down at you and another at the foot of the bed standing … Continue reading Authors Like Cats…
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 