Come on in. Take a load off. We’re all pilgrims here on this path to publication. We all stumble at times. When we fall, we’re here to pick each other up, dust each other off and get each other back on the path.
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
~George Orwell, “Why I Write,” 1947
I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.
~Ray Bradbury
LAST WEEK’S POSTS
From the Stacks Master Class: Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower
posted by Amy McLane
From the Stacks is a reoccurring feature where PLC reviews less-recently published books that we feel deserve more attention. Today I’m going to be talking about Octavia Butler’s classic novel, Parable of the Sower… Read more
From the Stacks: Mockingjay
by Amy K. Nichols
It’s 11pm on August 24, and I just finished reading Mockingjay. All I can say is wow… Read more
500 Club (8/26)
posted by Amy K. Nichols
Our weekly writing prompts and flash fiction game. You write. You get blog traffic. It’s all good! Read more
From The Stacks: A Wrinkle in Time
posted by S.C. Green
I’m digging through my past for what started this whole writing shebang for me. That one book that kept me coming back to pester the poor librarian week after week for more of the same… Read more
