Monthly Archives: February 2025

From John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist: “Fiction, like sculpture or painting, begins with a rough sketch. One gets down the characters and their behavior any way one can, knowing the sentences will have to be revised, knowing the characters’ … Continue reading →

“When you get into a tight space and everything goes against you…never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”Harriet Beecher Stowe “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”Napoleon … Continue reading →

Start each day with a grateful heart,” Unknown A gathering of uplifting words of wisdom to light our way today: “Each dawn brings a new hope for a new plan…” Gina Blair “With the new day comes new strength and … Continue reading →

Do you not see ThaT you and I Are as the branches of one tree?y With your rejoicing Comes my laughter; With your sadness Start my tears. Love, Could life be otherwise With you and me? —Tsu Yeh. Tsin Dynasty … Continue reading →