“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” -Virgil Twenty years ago today, I was attending a Thai Yoga workshop in Nevada City, CA. There were no TVs where we were staying, no cable or satellite services either. Instead, we got to see all the stars in the sky at night and hearContinue reading ““No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” -Virgil”
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“There’s a story that wants to be told…”
It’s Friday and I’m scrolling through the hundreds of drafts on my dashboard but never published and this was one of them. I don’t even know why I didn’t press that button but it could have been the many distractions that plague me from text messages, PMs, or the latest notification on my phone aboutContinue reading ““There’s a story that wants to be told…””
Make It Your Best
“Make it your best. Every time. Anything less is, well, less, and could lose you a reader that might have loved your later, better work. Readers are won and lost one at a time, and they’re very easy to lose and extremely difficult to gain. I have zero compunction about improving my offerings whenever possible.”Continue reading “Make It Your Best”
When You’re Trying Something New And It Just Doesn’t Work #iamnotaplotter
One of the things I’ve been trying for 2018 is to plot my books. Since I’ve got three full novels to publish this year, I figured plotting shouldn’t hurt. Well, two weeks in, I can safely say that while my original ideas were amazing and pretty simple, the plotted versions went way off-base, became soContinue reading “When You’re Trying Something New And It Just Doesn’t Work #iamnotaplotter”
Friday Night Musings: The Law of Romance
“It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along. Strength demands intelligence, intelligence demands stimulation, and weakness is boring. It is better to find a partner you can contend with for a lifetime than one whoContinue reading “Friday Night Musings: The Law of Romance”
“Look For the Helpers…”
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” — Mister Rogers
Done and Dusted!
It only took me two years but Loving Riley is set to go! I think I’m finally happy with everything – from the story to the cover. Yes, author problems and I’m sure it will be followed by release jitters very soon. But there certainly aren’t words more perfect than Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s above. IContinue reading “Done and Dusted!”
One Step At A Time
“E.L. Doctorow once said that ‘writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.’ You don’t have to see where you’re going, you don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along theContinue reading “One Step At A Time”
Things We Can’t Forget
Facebook reminded me today that I posted this quote on this day last year. It’s a nice reminder why I write some of the things that I write, and why some of the things I want to write about – those things that haunt me – have yet to make it onto paper. I thinkContinue reading “Things We Can’t Forget”
Sebastian Junger: Why We Write
“I do this sort of split thing when I’m writing. I’m very aware that I’m writing for readers, and I do everything I can to engage them, to make my writing accessible and compelling. At the same time, I try to be completely disinterested in what I think people will like. I’m writing for myself.Continue reading “Sebastian Junger: Why We Write”
Liz Durano 