Ten Word Tuesday

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery.

~ Francis Bacon

Twelve Word Tuesday :)

There are worse crimes than burning books. One...is not reading them.

— Joseph Brodsky 

ten word tuesday - slightly paraphrased

Get your facts first...then distort them as 

you please. 

— Mark Twain 

Ten Word Tuesday - Funny and Oh So True

You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.

— Flannery O'Connor

Ten Word Tuesday

The point of good writing is knowing when to stop. 

~ Lucy Montgomery

(ha! something I sometimes have trouble with) :D

Ten Word Tuesday

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is. 

~ August Wilson

Whatever Word Wednesday

What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers. 

~Logan Pearsall Smith, "All Trivia," Afterthoughts, 1931

Ten Word Tuesday

"Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential."

Jessamyn West

Ten Word Tuesday with Lisa Amowitz

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

~Ray Bradbury

Links!!

Lisa's blog

Lisa on Twitter

Ten Word Tuesday

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

~ Ben Franklin

Wait...it's not Tuesday?

(Since tomorrow is my turn on the fabulous Blog Chain, we'll have our Ten Word Tuesday today :D )

There's no substitute for persistence...Also, a vow of poverty helps.

~ Phil Mushnick

Special Quote Day with Cole Gibsen

For an extra special treat, today's quote will be a small peek at Cole's YA novel, Katana - enjoy!


“I’m afraid,” he whispered.

“Of what?” I whispered back. I was afraid myself, but I couldn’t think of why I should be.

“I’m afraid that if I touch you, even for a moment, I might not be able to let go.”

Linkage!!

Cole's Blog
Cole's Website
Cole on Facebook
Cole on Twitter
Awesome Cole Youtube Video

Ten Word Tuesday...Times 3...Plus 3 or 4 More :D

I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

~ John Berryman

Ten Word Tuesday

Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion.

~ Raymond Chandler

Ten Word Tuesday

A writer's life is not designed to reassure your mother.

~ Rita Mae Brown

Ten Word Tuesday with Christine Fonseca

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. 

~Ray Bradbury

 Links!!

Christine's Blog

Growing Up Gifted Blog

Christine's Website

Ten Word Tuesday...Times Four :D

A writer has to have some kind of compulsive drive to do his work. If you don't have it, you'd better find another kind of work, because it's only compulsion that will drive you through the psychological nightmares of writing.

~ John McPhee

Ten Word....Wednesday?

Since our regularly scheduled Ten Word Tuesday was preempted by our awesome blog chain, I carried it over to today :) Enjoy :)

James J. Kilpatrick, on the secret of writing:

We must look intently, and hear intently, and taste intently.

Ten Word Tuesday

Truth is funnier than most things you can make up.

~Margo Kaufman

Ten Word Tuesday

Best advice on writing I've ever received: Finish. ~Peter Mayle