Discipline, Dedication, Deprivation: Becoming a Novel When people congratulate authors on their works, I sense it. I feel it at parties and coffee shops. The air vibrates with the sensation. I can't deny it; others, those who don't know any better, think that writing a novel only takes a loose idea.... ( added 1 year 52 days ago.)

Grief Picks up the Pen for Cheap Therapy They are sacred pages, really. These tear-stained scribbles come straight out of our broken hearts onto the paper. Our minds are filled with painful memories of last days, sorrow, and anguish. We lift our pen and write into the heavy night. We let... ( added 1 year 206 days ago.)