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Think of this as my online writing notes: ideas, stories, beginnings, things that just pop into my mind.
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"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven."
“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.” - John Milton...
By the brilliant Tom Gauld.
By the brilliant Tom Gauld....
Light and Dark
I knew the sound of her car’s engine. I remember I would listen out for it, then look down on to the street and watch her park; light headed with the anticipation of seeing her, holding her. This town seemed bigger then. We ate and drank, laughed ...
"I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your..."
“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.” - Cormac McCarthy, interviewed by the Wall St. Journal...
"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” - P. J. O’Rourke...
How To Write Badly Well
A brilliant new blog from writer Joel Stickley, How To Write Badly Well serves a dual purpose: teaching the reader how to avoid bad writing habits and making them laugh out loud. From a post entitled “Skip blithely between tenses”: ‘Hello?...
