writing
"People like to read those little books with just a few pages in them," she said. "They don’t take much time and they have some short stories or thoughts."
"But Mom, when I write something that I’m going to sell, I want it to be something that’s high quality. Not something that I just put together to make a few bucks," I told her. "Those little coffee table books of inspirational quotes or Chicken Soup for the Soul are just plain junk."
All right, so I came off sounding self righteous. But, it’s true, I actually want to write something that’s worth reading. (This blog is not included in that statement because I don’t care if this is worth reading or not. This thing is just an easier way for me to keep a journal.)
I guess I think of writing as a craft or an art. Something that you have to work at really hard in order to be good at it. It should be something that you’re proud of. Someday, of course, I hope to write a published book of which I’ll be proud. Books like, A Painted House, War Trash, Hearts in Atlantis, Man From The South….these are great stories. I want to write like that. I’m NOT going to a coffee table book writer. A coffee table book editor maybe, but not a writer.
"Stick ‘em up!" the cops shouted. "Stick ‘em up!" But it was impossible for the husband to obey this order without letting go of his wife, and had he done this she would either have fallen to the ground or would have been left dangling half in and half out of th ehouse, which is a terribly uncomfortable position for a woman. - Roald Dahl
People think that I must be a very strange person.
This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass
jar on my desk. - Stephen King
