For those of you who read this blog, you already know how much I love to talk about the writing craft. Yes, I'm a nerd that way. Since the day job is still a shade of crazy (I have ONE more week left until this software release), I figured I would share with you a blog that I love to read --- which some of you may already know about. Brian Yanksy is a YA writer and I follow his blog because he always shares gems of writing craft goodness. Here's just a few: "We are writers and we are … [Read more...]
Definition of a Writer
October 14, 2009 Read Comments
I had a really rough day (only worked 10 hours today) so I went to the bookstore to unwind. The bookstore is my next favorite place besides the library to gain focus and draw energy from the thousands of books. I found a gem of a quotation in the November issue of O Magazine. It comes from writer Junot Diaz. In an article about creativity, he talked about how hard it was to write his second book. It took him 5 years before he decided to quit and live a "normal life" but his heart could not … [Read more...]
