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Reading Great Books

February 13, 2012 by Jamie

“When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Oh, yes. It is a blunt, grubby little crayon too. Kurt Vonnegut was the first male author I truly loved as a teenager. I’ve always identified more with what women authors have to say, but Vonnegut grabbed me and made me laugh and think and laugh some more. Right now I’m re-reading authors I admire to see how they do what […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Quote of the Day, Reading • Tags: E.M. Forster, Faulkner, Kingsolver, quotes about writing, reading, Vonnegut, writing

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Your Most Important Audience Is You

February 5, 2012 by Jamie

We writers can get so caught up in worrying about finding an audience, selling books, and gaining recognition for our work, that we forget to love our work. We are our own first readers, and we should each be writing the book we would most love to read. That should be your test of every idea you have for a book and every sentence and paragraph and scene you put on paper. Do you love to read it? Is it […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Reading • Tags: audience, book ideas, reading, selling books, writing

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