August 2010
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“Writing is hard for every last one of us—straight white men included. Coal...”
– DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #48. What is it about comparing writing to coal mining? (See also.)
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Beautiful: the Peace Dollar →
Did you know that the United States had Art Deco money in the Thirties?
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“Stories are not merely structured dreams, but items from the land of imagination...”
– Matthew Cheney is reading through the Sandman books, and here he meditates on Sandman #4, “A Hope in Hell.” I can’t wait until he makes it to Season of Mists and Brief Lives.
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“Only way to get up in the morning and work steadily is to imagine there aren’t...”
– Rosecrans Baldwin prepares for the release of his novel You Lost Me There by keeping a diary.
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“A ton of writers I know, and I include myself in that category, if you see them...”
– Rosecrans Baldwin, Novelist - Writers on Process (via)
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Hear, hear! These mountains need a lot of help.
itwasrighton:
recoveringhipster:
“I think they should name it something better. The top ends up flatter, but we’re not talking about Mount Everest. We’re talking about these little knobby hills that are everywhere out here. And I’ve seen the reclaimed lands. One of them is 800 acres, with a sports complex on it, elk roaming, covered in grass.”
-Rand Paul Senator of Kentucky
By this same...
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“I also like to remind myself of something my dad said to me once in re. writers’...”
– John Green (Paper Towns) answering ideas and inspiration questions.