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'I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.' Anita Diamant

Writers are made – forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities – over the course of many, many moons. The writer you are when you begin is not the same as the writer you become. Chuck Wendig

“Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.” Edward Albee

Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they're a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writers are too self-centered to be lonely. Richard Condon

:) The Year of Writing Dangerously

Scroll to view the gallery - AUGUST - - SEPTEMBER - - OCTOBER - - NOVEMBER - More amazing galleries of excerpts We stay connected on BBM. That will be cool! www.bbmenterprise.com/3357bfb8 BBM: 3357BFB8 www.linkedin.com/in/lawalomo99 Smart Quotations Smart Bank Poetry

Scroll to view the gallery - APRIL - - MAY - - JUNE - DAVID NEWRICK won June Flash Club contest, and SmartBankPoetry awaits to see through his writing to extract an excellently exploring excerpt. SmartBankPoetry captures his remarkably ruling runner-up, Katie-Ellen Hazeldine. Here...

Scroll to view the gallery - APRIL - - MAY - - JUNE - DAVID NEWRICK won June Flash Club contest and SmartBankPoetry awaits to see his writing to extract an excellently exploring excerpt. SmartBankPoetry captures his remarkably ruling runner-up, Katie-Ellen Hazeldine. Here: -...

Scroll to view the gallery - FEBRUARY - - MARCH - - APRIL - More amazing galleries of excerpts We stay connected on BBM. That will be cool! www.bbmenterprise.com/3357bfb8 BBM: 3357BFB8 www.linkedin.com/in/lawalomo99 Smart Quotations Smart Bank Poetry

For a second year, SmartBankPoetry goes beyond the fictions to bring you 2017 #SmartBankPoetry Collections: Winning Excerpts from the Litopian Flash Club to #LoveWriting, a celebration of this planet of writers and the joy of writers being acknowledged. Here's what we collected. Scroll to view...

PODCAST With Will Self and other London writers. Ben Aaronovitch could get a mention. Reviewers who say they don't read fantasy have also said they have read Rivers of London for his wonderful portraiture of streets they know: London Books are big business, and London's open for Business...