Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them

"Write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you are writing, and aren't writing particularly well." —Agatha Christie


Good advice from Dame Agatha. The problem is consistently  following it.


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Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them

"Expectation is the mother of all frustration." —Antonio Banderas


I'm in the throes of an intense—and extensive— rewrite. Man, can I relate to that quote!


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Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them

"Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?"

"So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober." —Dorothy L. Sayers




How many of us run into another room full of excitement to share a certain passage? Words that make us laugh out loud, or our jaws drop, cause a gasp, tears to fall... words that show what it means to be human?



Are you reading one now? Do you want to share?



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Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them

"I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions." —James Michener




As  much as I'm looking forward to receiving my professional edit for FLAME GAME and working to create a better story, I'm also looking forward to beginning my next one. The research is getting me excited about the possibilities.


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Wednesday Wisdom for Writer and Those Who Love Them

"Good stories are not written. They are rewritten." —Phyllis Whitney


My mom loved Phyllis Whitney, and so by extension did I. Mom's 82nd birthday would have been tomorrow, April 2nd.

Happy Birthday, Mom.



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