It is not lack of ability, but lack of motivation, lack of focus, and lack of self-confidence that prevents most aspiring authors from finishing what they started.

One of the most difficult things when you were trying to navigate the world of books was dealing with all the unreliable authors. They were so unbelievably tricky to keep track of. An author might...

And you will not hurt him anymore. Not one of you. Because I am his protector. His rear guard. I am his” -Tara Reese

And I knew in my bones that Emily Dickinson wouldn’t have written even one poem if she’d had two howling babies, a husband bent on jamming another one into her, a house to run, a...

I’ve always said “Writer’s Block” is a myth. There is no such thing as writer’s block, only writers trying to force something that isn’t ready yet. Sometimes I don’t write for weeks. And then all...

I believe that everyone has a story to tell. The problem that is inherent to most aspiring authors is that they struggle with getting the story from their head to the page.

I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking ‘What have I achieved?’ rather than ‘What have I enjoyed?’ I’ve been writing about a subject I love as long as I...

I’m a struggling writer, I’m struggling to convince people I’m a writer.

If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.

ATTENTION ALL AUTHORS: Be very careful who you give acknowledgement to in your books. Reason: That acknowledgement is in permanent, ink and they are forever associated with you, that book and your name. -Word to...

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

One piece of wisdom a writer quickly learns ~ typos keep you humble.

If you fall in love with a character, then you are actually falling in love with the author that wrote the character. Therefore, you could conclude that if you are said author, you are in...

It’s better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books.

I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true… Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making...

It’ll be a change,” says Marcus. “Something different.””Not a mystery.”Marcus laughs. “No. Not a mystery. Just a nice safe history.”Ah, my darling. But there is no such thing.

Writer’s block is when your imaginary friends won’t talk to you.

I’m an author. We don’t want to lead. We don’t need to follow. We stay home and make stuff up and write it down and send it out into the world, and get inside people’s...

I have a pesky little critic in the back of my mind. He’s a permanent fixture and passes judgment on everything I write.In order to placate him, especially when I’m endeavoring to write anything as...

The lot of the brideto be wed before beddesired until rotten.The lot of the authorto be read before bedadmired then forgotten.

If you are working with authors, you are accepting a great responsibility and must tread very carefully. The author’s work is a part of herself, a creative endeavor she has poured her heart and soul...

All raw, uncooked, protesting.”(on Aldous Huxley)

[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they’re writing it!

Authors are merely the medium between the words and the page.

An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.

Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you’re just ready to get that baby out!

I write because it’s the only thing I love that always loves me back.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.”[Writer’s Digest, September 1961]

But ‘I worked hard on this’ doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. It’s people taking the time to...

A writer leads a hyphenated-life with words

Where do storytellers find the wisdom to discover their own stories? From no place more mysterious than their own hearts.

If I were only allowed to read or enjoy art or listen to music made by people whose opinions and beliefs were the same as mine, I think the world would be a pretty dismal...

A Million Copies Sold,” did you ever wonder who bought them?

Quotes are echos of voices transporting wisdom, humor, and love. Returning again to the human condition, fleeting once more as a dove.

Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author’s ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood.

What lies between where you are and where you want to be sometimes requires traveling through the Twilight Zone.

A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.

A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree…they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.

Why, of course, if the reader were smart enough, he could figure the whole thing through after just the first few pages! But in his heart Arthur knew that his readers didn’t really want to...

No more Keats, I entreat: flay him alive; if some of you don’t I must skin him myself: there is no bearing the drivelling idiotism of the Mankin.

Readers are the glue that binds the books together.

‎”It almost felt like the dolphin of my heart’s desire playing in the ocean of my life.” – on writing

I like to read as much as I can from every genre. That way, I can express my love for all writers.

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.

Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no one else in the world has what you have—your voice, your...

A writer writesregardless…even though…notwithstanding…despite…at any rate…anyhow…nevertheless…in the face of…undeterred by…heedless of…and because.The true writer simply continues to write.

Books are for nothing but to inspire

All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don’t get plumber’s block, and doctors don’t get doctor’s block; why should writers be the only...

It is a wonderful thing to be liked by a stranger, but without respect it is pointless. It is like pulling the pedals off a rose and throwing the stem at the person you like....

There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear.