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
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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)
Here’s to the crazy ones/Writing Thoughts by Dead Writers, Steve Jobs
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't… Continue reading Here’s to the crazy ones/Writing Thoughts by Dead Writers, Steve Jobs
What comes after you have finished a project?
I wanted to share something that many of you may find interesting, may have been thinking about.I was on a writing and poety message board tonight. This was a question I replied to: "Do any of you, having just completed a project, be it a long or even a short poem, have a sense of… Continue reading What comes after you have finished a project?
Adventures In American Writing, The Next Generation
"If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up." Hunter S. Alright, with over six hundred followers I now think that I can try something new. This site will be under construction for the next couple of days, new categories might appear, and since this happens in… Continue reading Adventures In American Writing, The Next Generation
Adventures In American Writing 