It seems to me,” she continued, “that the more we live in a society in which we feel our problems — be they international problems of war and peace, racial problems, problems of drugs, problems of violence — to be literally beyond our ability to solve, the more reassuring it is to read a popular form of fiction which itself has a problem at the heart of it. One which the reader knows will be solved by the end of the book. — P.D. James Continue reading →
RT @judyblume: Bawling my eyes out as I send revised manuscript to editor. Not really parting w/characters but still… When I read this, I felt so much better. I often get to this point in quilting projects too where I … Continue reading →
Where the writer and the reader collaborate to make the work of fiction is perhaps, above all, in the imagination. In the joint creation of the fictive world. — Ursula K. Le Guin Continue reading →
Holed up working on NaNoWriMo and listening to a playlist called MB’s Quiet Music which does has some very quiet music but also contains some of my favorite dance music. Continue reading →
A bit of Chopin (Rubenstein), a keyboard and Thou, NaNoWriMo, singing against the winds of November. Continue reading →
Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.
