inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork. ~Peter De Vries One week left to my fourth packet of work, which means a lot of computer time this week getting caught up. Every new packet I Continue reading Oh the paperwork…
I just started Part Three in Ariel Gore’s book, Publish Before You’re Ready. I’m loving this little writing craft book, it’s funny, irreverent and there are real world examples of how not to wait until “you’re ready to be published”. Continue reading Publish Before You’re Ready
There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes. ~William Makepeace Thackeray A hail storm yesterday and last night did quite a bit of damage to the Continue reading Thousands of Thoughts
“Forward motion in any piece of writing is carried by verbs.” William Sloane “The core of our language is the verb, the word that denotes an action, whether transitive, intransitive, or reflexive.” William Sloane “Passive verb forms often signal authorial Continue reading Using Strong Verbs
It is impossible to discourage the real writers – they don’t give a damn what you say, they’re going to write. ~Sinclair Lewis I can get pretty down on myself when I’m depressed about my lack of progress as a Continue reading Can You Be Discouraged?
Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to. But a kind word every now and then is really quite enough. Too much attention, like too much feeding, and weeding and hoeing, inhibits and embarrasses Continue reading A Kind Word Every Now and Then
Not exactly free but I just joined book mooch to get rid of my huge pile of overflowing books in the last 10 years, I’m just keeping the ones that I actually refer to. I will be adding to my Continue reading Free Writing Books
“Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.” Great article in the New York Times about the green-eyed monster and writer’s. Continue reading Writers and Envy
You can listen to traditional Irish music anywhere, anytime. But the very best place is sitting in the west of Ireland, downing your third pint of Guinness and knowing its great to be Irish. Conor Cunneen