Monthly Archives: December 2021

Don’t be ‘a writer.’ Be writing.”William Faulkner It’s happened to you, I’m sure. Soon after you make a new acquaintance, he or she asks you what you do. And as soon as you answer, “I’m a writer,” the next two … Continue reading →

“All serious daring starts from within.” Eudora Welty “When you think at that moment that it is possible, then the magic starts.” Unknown “Boldness be my friend!” William Shakespeare There is something about taking bold strikes into the unknown that … Continue reading →

A Goodly Life Robert Louis Stevenson To be honest, to be kind—to earn a little and to Spend a little a little less, to make, upon the Whole, a family happier for his presence— To keep a few friends.

Today, December 3, is Joseph Conrad’s birthday—he was born in 1857. Who can forget the mysterious, tangled web that Heart of Darkness wove? Some pithy words to inspire and engage us: “Words, as is well known, are the great foes … Continue reading →

“There’s a tendency to fear descriptive passages, as if they were unnecessary ornaments that inevitable slow the ‘action,’ notes Ursula K. Le Guin in her wonderful guide, Steering the Craft. And yet, she notes, a skillful writer can convey a … Continue reading →

“We do not write to be understood. We write in order to understand.” C.S. Lewis What wisdom there is in these words! While many of us do, in fact, write to be understood—to share who we are and what we … Continue reading →