I think about the characters I’ve created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There’s a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. It’s spooky.
– Tom Clancy
Month: October 2013
haiku 284
briefly sensible –
just a soda, not a soda
and a doughnut
#quikfic 71
The boy ran through the store, his toy guns making a racket. As clerks tried to corral him, his father emptied the cash registers.
Quotable 171
Don’t romanticize your “vocation.” You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no “writer’s lifestyle.” All that matters is what you leave on the page.
– Zadie Smith
haiku 283
force-feeding –
still a strong cat
despite not eating