Maybe because every little bit helps. I take notes with a special pen. It’s soothing to me. Rituals are important in creative endeavors. They help to keep one focused. They help give confidence. They relieve anxiety. They make you feel at one with other writers as you learn about their...
but we also want to get through our slush piles. When I get a story that’s written in a tiny font, or that is single-spaced (which makes a story MUCH harder to read), or has wonky margins, or a weird font color, I tend to start reading it with a negative attitude. The writer...
The gift of the Internet is that it lets us test ideas at scale. In this section, I’m going to show you how to do that. I’ll start by showing you how ideas develop: first, with friends; then with readers; and finally, with editors. Each phase helps you refine your ideas. What...
Their armor is dented, their hearts are sore, but they’ll be damned if they don’t do the right thing. If that’s the hill they die on, so be it. But the most important white knights of all are the two who have become synonymous with Crais’s work: the wisecracking but driven ...
It's purpose is to help physicians and nurses and speech language pathologists to provide better health services to deaf people. SignWriting is part of this labor of love. It will always be. You'll always be in our hearts. Many blessings, dear friend. Fernando Capovilla Thank you so ...
Grief is how our hearts and minds remain connected to those we have lost. I continue to believe this. I am no stranger to grief; I’ve dealt with more loss in my life than I would have liked. We lost my mother and father when I was still in my early 30s. We lost my brother ...
By the year 2000, we were starting to see the first stirrings of a publishing revolution after Stephen King struck fear into the hearts of publishers everywhere when he announced that he would be publishing his book The Plant directly to readers on the internet. By 2010, the first eReader ...
When you write from behind a cloak, you can say what’s truly on your mind and pluck the hearts of your audience.16 Don’t think of a pseudonym as a mask to hide behind, but as a key to uncover what’s locked within you. When we step into a costume, we feel comfortable ...
But tools – software or otherwise – will only take you so far. In writing a book, you are making a device that will work on human minds and hearts, and at some point you need human minds and hearts to tell you what it’s doing. ...
怎么会明白我内心深处的伤 Regarding a not heart person.How can understand my heart of hearts the wound [translate] a恭祝您新年如意;事业辉煌,幸福安康! Respectfully congratulates you new year to be pleasant; The enterprise is magnificent, happy peace and good health! [translate] aMy name is ...