***Potential Trigger Warning*** Friday night, I stupidly read my new diagnosis for the first time. And then I sat here in tears. The old diagnosis, which I've had for a long time, is … Continue reading Incurable
Truth
It’s Strange How What Drives Us May…
“It’s strange how what drives us may abandon us midstream, how what tickles our ears with lies one moment may tell us truths that knock us on our emotional ass the next. After all, it is an unbelievably real world, with Darwin scribbling his thoughts into books and telling us what monkeys we are. Each … Continue reading It’s Strange How What Drives Us May…
If Something Inside Of You Is Real
“If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth as you understand it. If you’re … Continue reading If Something Inside Of You Is Real
What Cannot Be Said
“What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.” ―Jacques Derrida
There Is No Doubt
“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.” ―Doris Lessing
Don’t Forget That You’re Human
This is definitely where I'm at today. I'm trying to focus on the fact that I've written close to 450 pages in two weeks, and that it's good work. I wish I was able to fully focus solely on the future and nothing else. Alas, I AM human and there's a lot going on. I'm … Continue reading Don’t Forget That You’re Human
The Master Initiate Of Any Craft
"The master initiate of any craft appears magical to the uninitiated. But there is no magic. There is no exclusive venue in the divine. There is no genius. The adept is only adept, because such an instrument she crafted and bowed her soul to be. When we bend our hearts and minds, the sweet music … Continue reading The Master Initiate Of Any Craft
Lethal Poison And The Scorpion
The title sounds slightly gruesome (I'm a writer who, up until a few weeks ago, was researching serial killers. Leave me alone, okay? LOL.), but it is merely a reference for people who've known me my entire career, or at the very least, a good enough chunk of it, and know what to expect from … Continue reading Lethal Poison And The Scorpion
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 