I must share with you the cover of the large print edition of Chin Up, Honey. Now, that is a cover! Of all the covers on my books through the years, this has to be my very favorite. A woman walking on, head high. I suppose that is the theme of all my books. And [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘writers’
August 17, 2009
The Art of Daydreaming
Originally published March 23, 2009
Shush, woman daydreaming.
Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits. ~Satchel Paige.
I still, after all these years, tend to feel guilty for my strong requirement for time alone to do nothing other than daydream. The world worships goals and productivity. One does not see books with titles such as [...]
March 9, 2007
Writing is a Wholetime Job
Writing is a wholetime job; no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it. — W. Somerset Maugham
It isn’t a question of will you write today. It is a question of what you will write. A writer writes, because he cannot not do so, and keep his sanity.
I used to think [...]
February 28, 2007
There Are No Ugly Babies
Some people like me. Some people don’t. You can never get everyone to like you, so why knock yourself out trying? — Claudette Colbert, great American actress.
You wrote something. You conceived your baby and brought it forth with all of your talent, skill, and passion, and some undefinable magic that compels you to write. There [...]
