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-Neil Gaiman
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Writing Quote Tuesday
“The first eight drafts are terrible.”
-Malcolm Gladwell
My Best Friend
I used to do nearly all of my writing at Starbucks. I could get away from the noise and the crazy in my house and go somewhere where nobody would interrupt me to say their brother stole their light saber. I wasn’t completely alone, but it was the next best thing.
Now that I have a home office and a nursing baby, it’s hard to justify taking off for Starbucks every night. But look! They missed me!
I’m the barista’s best friend. 😘
Writing Quote Tuesday
This week’s writing quote is really more of a book quote, but since today is Lucy’s birthday, I thought it was appropriate.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
-Groucho Marx
Writing Quote Tuesday
Another one from Hemingway today!
“The first draft of anything is shit.”
-Earnest Hemingway
Normally I run a “clean” blog, but can it really be called profanity if you’re quoting Hemingway?
Writing Quote Tuesday
Here’s an anonymous quote to start your Tuesday!
“Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet.”
—Anonymous
Ain’t that the truth!
Writing Quote Tuesday
This week’s quote comes from Aimee Bender:
So true!
We Met Author Elin Hilderbrand!
This week you get two photos for the price of one. My kids and I met author Elin Hilderbrand on our beach trip this summer. She signed her book, “The Island” for me. I just started reading it last night!
She thought Gianni was good enough to eat!
Writing Quote Tuesday
This week’s quote is from Paulo Coelho:
“Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things-thoughts, ideas, opinions.”
Paulo Coelho
Maybe this is why I’m so drawn to the craft. I’ve never been able to keep my opinions to myself!
The Time Suck
I need to be writing. I mean I really need to be writing. My book has been on hold since the day my youngest son was born, and I absolutely, positively, need to get back to it!
Everyone says, “Well, you’ve got a pretty good excuse!” And that’s true. And don’t get me wrong, nothing is more important to me than being a mom right now. It’s just that this whole “Hopefully-I’ll-have-time-to-write-tomorrow” thing is driving me swirly-eyed cuckoo, and my kids are starting to look at me like this:
In an effort to at least get something down on paper, here is a list of things I’ve done this week instead of writing: Continue reading
