If you enjoy reading books, articles, websites, or encyclopedias, like I do, you are probably familiar with that quiet feeling of dread that takes possession of us from time to time, when we realize we can't remember the title of that book we've recently read, let alone what it was all about. Of course, it … Continue reading On Reading Fast or Reading Slowly, Forgetting or Remembering
For us, writers, few things are more frustrating than to finally sit down at our desks after taking care of real life chores only to be struck dumb by the blank page or the white screen. Writer’s block can be quite disabling, a form of writerly constipation that the harder we try to overcome, the … Continue reading 10 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
Many people want to become authors these days, to be published and make a living writing fiction. And many of them work hard on their books. Yet only relatively few writers bloom into authors in the true sense of the word -- dedication doesn't guarantee success. I sometimes wonder what makes the difference between those … Continue reading Writing As a Way of Life
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