"I tell young people that the greatest paintings in museums are made with minerals mixed in oil smeared on cloth with the hair from the the back of a pig’s ear. It’s that simple."

James Rosenquist

Art is simple. So is writing.

(Source: sircle, via tobia)

"I write in WordPress, Microsoft Word, Notepad, I don’t much care, and chasing tools is a waste of time. Shakespeare, Hemingway and Carver didn’t need much from their pre-electric and pre-web tools to write masterpieces and neither should you."

Scott Berkun, How to write 1000 words. (via The Brooks Review)

"This is the golden age for aspiring writers. We have a worldwide communications and distribution network where you can publish anything you want and — if you can manage to get anybody’s attention — get near-instant feedback. Writers just 20 years ago would have killed for that kind of feedback loop. Killed! And you’re asking me what word processor I use?"

Mark Pilgrim, interviewed on The Setup. He continues:

Learn how to respond to constructive criticism and filter out the trolls, and you can write the next great American novel in edlin.

The Fiction Generator →

Trying to come up with a great idea for your next SF/fantasy story? Check out this handy chart. One caveat, though — all the protagonists are male, so some gender-switching might be in order.

The Political Graveyard →

Awesome site for researching politics & politicians. What did we ever do before Google/the Internet?