Remind yourself, every day, that you’re doing this to try to find something out about yourself, about the world, about words and how they fit together. Writing is investigation. Just keep seeking.
– Naomi Alderman
Month: January 2022
haiku 553
cold front arrives –
wind flicks something loose
against my window
Quotable 434
You can’t wait for inspiration because it may never come.
– Erskin Caldwell
haiku 552
strong north wind
inflatable penguin
bobs stiffly
Quotable 433
The true influence of a great novel is to say to a subsequent novelist, Go thou and do otherwise.
– Julian Barnes
haiku 551
new year –
neighbor’s firework
explodes on the dot