WORDS OF WISDOM

I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.

~Seamus Heaney, Poet (1939-2013)

2023

With 2022 winding down, it's time to think of goals for 2023.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

Suspense arises naturally from good writing-it's not a spice to be added separately.

~Leigh Michaels

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM NEW JERSEY

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) 

Judy Blume

Harlan Coben

Junot Diaz

Janet Evanovich

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

Norman Mailer (1923-2007)

George R. R. Martin

John McPhee

Philip Roth (1933-2018)

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE

Philip Booth (1925-2007)

Connie Converse (1924-1974)

W. E. Butts (1944-2013)

Robert Eggers

Daniel Ford

John Irving

Carrie Jones

Warren Manzi (1955-2016)

Grace Metalious (1924-1964)

Carolyn Parkhurst

J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)

NEW WORDS

COPACETIC

RESIPISCENCE

WORDS OF WISDOM

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once. 

~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher (1712-1778) 

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM NEVADA

Phyllis Barber

H. Lee Barnes

Nevada Barr

Akemi Dawn Bowman

Juanita Brooks (1898-1989)

Alta Gerry

Robert Laxalt

WRITING AND FINDING REDEMPTION

When I read Jack Kerouac's "Desoltion Peak", I believed that his search for spiritual conversion would have changed his life on that mountain peak. Instead, Kerouac only saw his flaws and shortcomings. His search for inner peace ended with this revelation. From that point it was all downhill.

While writing is a vehicle to express anger, disappointment, and hurt, it can also guide us as to what I need to do to improve my life.  I have rediscovered some desires and passions I have repressed. Writing has always given me a voice where I can speak my own dark secrets.

FAMOUS WRITERS FROM NEBRASKA

Willa Cather (1873-1947)

Sean Doolittle

Roxane Gay

Alex Kava

Jean Potts (1910-1999)

Nicholas Sparks

Laurel Trivelpiece (1926-1998)

LEARNING NEW WORDS

Here are a few new words I have learned:

WONTED

BEL-ESPRIT

BETOKEN

MAUNDER

BECOMING ANOTHER CHARACTER

When I write about a character, I immerse myself into their psyche. How and what they are thinking. How they became what they are.  Perhaps they awaken some repressed/suppressed desires we may have. This is what those who censor and suppress books and writings fear. Once a person learns about themselves they are on the road to freedom.

I am drawn to complex characters, those one cannot readily define or put in a category. Shakespeare's Hamlet was a complex character caught between two worlds. The poetry of Sylvia Plath is poignant and haunting. The Jack Reacher books are popular. Many times we wish that we could be a particular character.  Perhaps he/she will awaken something in us and challenge us to become the person we desire to be.   

WORDS OF WISDOM

 Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

~Wole Soyinka 

MY WRITING INFLUENCES

Edgar Allan Poe

Jack Kerouac

Sylvia Plath

Herman Melville