November 2011
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Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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August 2011
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Aug 5th
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June 2011
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“Let’s look at plot and its several ways to make the story move. Note- I...”
– Jane Yolen - from Take Joy: A Writer’s Guide to Loving the Craft
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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“Whose fault is it that we are so isolated—that we have no real life—that...”
– Katherine Mansfield, May 15, 1915  (via katherine-mansfield)
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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“The artist must be somewhat opposed to society — against received knowledge. He...”
– Devlan ~James Michener, The Novel submitted by sleepintodream (via booklover)
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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“Poetry saved my life, and enabled me to live inwardly. I do not know how people...”
– Shirley Hazzard (via theparisreview)
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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“Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and see how...”
– William Faulkner (via lifeofliterature)
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
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May 2011
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May 31st
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“I think there’s a kind of desperate hope built into poetry that one really...”
– W. S. Merwin (source; via lesmotsjustes)
May 31st
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May 31st
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“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...”
– Anaïs Nin
May 31st
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May 31st
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“Thurber was once asked by a correspondent: “Why did you have a comma in the...”
– Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves (via prettybooks)
May 31st
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May 28th
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“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never...”
– Beatrix Potter (via bookoasis)
May 28th
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May 28th
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“This is what I mean when I call myself a writer. I construct sentences. There’s...”
– Don DeLillo (via nouvelliste)
May 28th
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May 28th
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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a...”
– Anne Lamott (via atomos)
May 28th
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May 28th
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“Don’t listen to any advice, that’s what I’d say. Write only what you want to...”
– Philip Pullman (via writingadvice)
May 28th
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May 28th
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May 20th
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May 20th
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“Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the...”
– Ray Bradbury (via flute88)
May 20th
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May 20th
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“Reading usually precedes writing and the impulse to write is almost always fired...”
– Susan Sontag (via ilovereadingandwriting)
May 20th
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May 20th
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NESCBWI Conference: Jane Yolen →
NESCBWI Conference: Keynote Speeches bethgismondiblog: The NESCBWI Annual Conference (held this past weekend) featured an incredible list of keynote speakers: Jane Yolen, Lin Oliver, Tomie dePaola, Steve Mooser, and Harold Underdown. I’ve recapped some of the highlights from Jane’s, Tomie’s, and Harold’s speeches below. (Disclaimer: All of the speeches were great, but for the sake of brevity, I...
May 20th
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May 19th
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“We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and...”
– George R.R. Martin, The Faces of Fantasy (via posh-isolation)
May 19th
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May 13th
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“One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play...”
– Annie Dillard ~ via The Storialist
May 13th
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May 12th
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“There are two primary influences in a writer’s life: those influences that...”
– Joyce Carol Oates - from The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
May 12th
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May 12th
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