Tag Archives: Eudora Welty

“Inquire Within”

Posted on July 26, 2018 by karinwritesdangerously

“All serious daring starts from within.”      Eudora Welty “The grass is greener on the inside.”   Dot Reeder, retail store “Inquire within” – I once met a tall, red-headed young man who was a devoted yoga student who and sported a … Continue reading →

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Serious Daring

Posted on October 30, 2017 by karinwritesdangerously

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.   Oscar Wilde “I had been my whole life a bell and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.”   Annie Dillard “A sheltered life can be a daring life … Continue reading →

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Moon Shine

Posted on November 28, 2016 by karinwritesdangerously

“In my sensory education I include my physical awareness of the word. Of a certain word, that is; the connection it has with what it stands for. At around age six, perhaps, I was standing by myself in our front … Continue reading →

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Game Plan

Posted on August 23, 2016 by karinwritesdangerously

“The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write, and keep on writing.” Ken MacLeod “Nothing will work unless you do.” Maya Angelou William Styron called writing “my tortoise-like art” and pursued a strict writing pattern: He rose at … Continue reading →

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Something Wonderful

Posted on February 6, 2016 by karinwritesdangerously

While wandering from book to book, I came across this lovely passage: “My love for the alphabet, which endures, grew out of reciting it, but before that, out of seeing the letters on the page. In my own story books, … Continue reading →

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The Ear

Posted on July 22, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

Just recently, a friend and fellow writer offered to read the opening chapters of my book aloud for me. I’m very excited and grateful, because I think this will be a huge help in highlighting any rough spots I need … Continue reading →

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Place Power

Posted on March 13, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“Fiction depends on its life for place.” “Fiction is properly at work in the here and now.” Eudora Welty “The work of a novelist is making fake biography.” Philip Roth “If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know … Continue reading →

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Artist’s Dates

Posted on February 12, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“Children, like animals, use all their senses to discover the world. Then artists come along and discover it the same way all over again.” Eudora Welty “You Can Boost Your Creativity by Looking at Art” — what a refreshing and … Continue reading →

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Emotional Urgency

Posted on March 4, 2014 by karinwritesdangerously

“What can a character come to know of himself and others, by working through a given situation? This is what fiction asks, with an emotional urgency driving it all the way; and can he know it in time? ….Any novel’s … Continue reading →

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Library Lovers

Posted on March 1, 2014 by karinwritesdangerously

“When I got my library card, that is when my life began.” Rita Mae Brown “I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle.” Eudora Welty “Libraries raised me.” Ray … Continue reading →

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