“So to the wretched writer I should like to say that there’s one body only whose request for your caresses is not vulgar, is not unchaste, untoward, or impolite: the body of your work itself; for you must remember that your attentions will not merely celebrate a beauty, but create one; that yours is love that brings its own birth with it, just as Plato has declared, and that you should therefore give up the blue things of this world in favor of the words which say them.” ―William H. Gass
Writers
I Believe That All Novels
“I believe that all novels, … deal with character, and that it is to express character – not to preach doctrines, sing songs, or celebrate the glories of the British Empire, that the form of the novel, so clumsy, verbose, and undramatic, so rich, elastic, and alive, has been evolved … The great novelists have brought us to see whatever they wish us to see through some character. Otherwise they would not be novelists, but poet, historians, or pamphleteers.” ―Ursula K. Le Guin
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 sort.” ―Jim Butcher
If you haven’t read any of Jim’s books, start with STORM FRONT.
The Writer’s Curse
“The writer’s curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.” ―Criss Jami
A Writer’s Prayer
I saw this and it utterly amused me. I hope all my fellow writers/artists can enjoy this one.
Why NaNoWriMo Is So Difficult For Writers With Depression And Anxiety
I am available for editing and proofing jobs from now until June for those who participated in NaNoWriMo and are looking for someone skilled to help push them to be better writers. Submit inquiries in the comments.
Writing Is Weird
I will likely never discuss the things I’ve researched and/or studied to be a better writer or a more in-depth storyteller. This, however, cracks me up.
P.S. I’ve never had to research how to kill people. I studied forensic science early on in my writing career, when I still thought I’d become a police officer.
Do Authors Cry?
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 