Words of Wisdom

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Seasons Greetings

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


Genevieve

Marathon Benefit Reading

The Poetry Project will host the 36th Annual Marathon Benefit Reading at St. Mark's Church in the East Village. I attended the event last year and enjoyed it. There were over a hundred poets who recited two or three poems each. It was interesting in that I rarely go out New Year's Day. Those of you in the New York City area who want to go out somewhere, check out this event. For more information go to the website www.poetryproject.com.

Words of Wisdom

Writing is more perserverance than it is inspiration.

Bookstore In Cobble Hill

A new website has been added. For people living in the New York City area and Brooklyn in particular. The Book Court (www.bookcourt.org) is a pleasant place located in the Cobble Hill section. Book Court has expanded to include more genres of books and magazines. Now if they only had coffee.

Words of Wisdom

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.


~Emmanuel Teney

Bookstore

I added another website to my blog.

www.bookcourt.com

A Little Bit Each Day

What I do is write a little each day. If it's ten minutes that's fine. Alittle bit is better than nothing at all. Whenever an inspiration comes to me I write it down. It can be a word, sentence, a picture or someone in the street. It doesn't matter who or where the idea comes from. It's critical that I write it down for future reference.

Words of Wisdom

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

~Bruce Lee, American Actor (1940-1973)

Always Striving

Thanksgiving was quiet for me and the family. I wrote some, mostly short stories. I went over some of my old stories and created some new ones. I always believe that no mater how well a story is written, I can write it better. I guess all writers feel that way, though I can only speak for myself.

Putting more of myself into the stories has usually been difficult. I'm afraid to show vulnerability. If stories are to be effective, the characters need to be believeable to the readers. I have been doing this of late and I feel more positive about my stories. Quite possibly I may submit a couple of articles for publication.