Written thoughts by dead writers, Albert Camus

I've never met my literary mentor. He died many years before I stumbled upon his book, The Stranger (or I believe The Outsider is a better translation). I read this book (and then everything he ever printed) in my senior criminology course. And it's not a stretch to say that if I wasn't assigned that book, well then I probably (for better… Continue reading Written thoughts by dead writers, Albert Camus

So you want to be a writer, Writing Thoughts by Dead writers, Charles Bukowski , #3(Words and audio)

(Slightly different format) if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your computer screen or hunched over your typewriter… Continue reading So you want to be a writer, Writing Thoughts by Dead writers, Charles Bukowski , #3(Words and audio)