On Worldbuilding and the Question of Resistance
In fiction, you can feel good about resistance without actually resisting anything.
In fiction, you can feel good about resistance without actually resisting anything.
Writers, take note: A submission says, please pick me, I’ll be waiting. A pitch says, catch me or you’ll miss the ball.
You loved his talent first. You hope that he will not love you less, for all that you do not now achieve.
I thought I was the exception to every rule about writing being a hard living. I got exactly what I deserved.
“You should absolutely burn a penis candle before doing anything important.”
Can writing change the shape of our organs? Do brains warp into book-making shape?
To all the wonderful would-be authors out there: Do as I say, not as I do.
Eat your meals standing up. Don’t sneak onto Mt. Kilimanjaro.
I was happy raising my kid, living my life without worrying about writing.
“Whether or not I find the café I want, the screenplay is waiting.”
“What ideas burn so brightly that they should besmirch generous, bare pages?”
“The idea that a title could dissuade a reader was not something I had even considered.”
“Poets of color, particularly black poets, are often pigeonholed.”
“A journal isn’t about the self, but for it.”