motivation

Concentrate on a single goal, a single task, and beat it into submission. Robert Greene

New blog post by Claire G – discussions in this thread, please --- The Good There’s so much to love about writing – the excitement of that initial spark of an idea; the stimulation of the challenge to make it work; that feeling you get when you find the perfect word/phrase/sentence/paragraph...

Strive for excellence, not perfection. H. Jackson Brown Jr.

If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame. Jocko Willink

If I only did what I can do, I wouldn’t do anything. Jacques Derrida

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent. Casey Neistat

“There are no failures–just experiences and your reactions to them.” Tom Krause

"Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything." Marilyn Monroe

I'm not big on submissions and querying (I think I've written 20 in my life). I can't take rejection. I know that many of you on here have piles of R letters. Then, writing this made me think about all those inventors and engineers who were told "it will never work" - e.g. Frank Whittle, the...

Some days I don't feel like writing, so I do some admin, some marketing, some artwork. One foot in front of the other, despite what people may say. I read this today. Cheering. Life on Magrs: I Can Write Like a Dream

Litopians! Arise and congregate! There are some great conferences coming up in August. Writing conferences are not only the best way to meet agents, get tips from other writers, and learn about the publishing industry, they make you feel like a writer. We all need community, and this is how we...