FAMOUS WRITERS FROM MISSOURI

Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)

Kate Chopin (1851-1904)

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

Gillian Flynn

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

Marianne Moore (1887-1972)

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Margaret Weis

WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold deliberate, thoughtful conversations with yourself.

~Robin S. Sharma 

GIVING THANKS

 

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM MISSISSIPPI

Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002)

Howard Bahr

William Faulkner (1897-1962)

John Grisham

Donna Tartt

Donna Thomas

Margaret Walker (1915-1998)

Jasmyn Ward

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)

Richard Wright (1908-1960)

WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing means sharing. it's part of the human condition to want to share things- thoughts, ideas, opinions.

~Paulo Coelho

STRANGE NEW PLACES

Writing has taken me down some strange places. I don't always know where I will end up but I keep going. 

READING AGAIN

 

This is my favorite of all of Jack Kerouac's books. 

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM MINNESOTA

Robert Bly (1926-2021)

Bob Dylan

Vince Flynn (1966-2013)

Amanda Hocking

Garrison Keillor

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)

Tim O'Brien

LaVyrle Spencer

T.J. Stiles

Will Weaver

WORDS OF WISDOM

You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer. you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.

~Haruki Murakami

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM MICHIGAN

Mitch Albom

Jeffrey Eugenides

Jennifer Eaton Gokmen

Judith Guest

Jim Harrison (1937-2016)

Elmore Leonard (1925-2013)

Richelle Mead

Heather Raffo

Chris Van Allsburg

Christopher Wright

ELECTION DAY

 

POEM

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing is an extreme privilege but it is also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone. 

~Amy Tan