“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison
Recently I was introduced to a gorgeous poem by the late Charles Bukowski called "so you want to be a writer?" Here's a small exert: 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… Continue reading The Most Beautifully Awful Writing Advice Ever
A few years ago, my novel writing class had a high-profile guest speaker talk to us: the award-winning author of a YA book we had been assigned to read about a week prior. I was pretty jazzed about it considering how much I'd enjoyed the story. I've had predominately good experiences with meeting published authors… Continue reading When a Writer You Admire is a Jerk
Okay, so I've been doing this blogging thing for a while now and I want to continue doing it. However, I don't feel nearly as attracted to my blogging template as I once did a year and a half ago. I would like to change it to make it look a bit more professional and less… Continue reading Time for Change?
The Crooked Pen 