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Aspiring writer

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I was just asked this, more or less, by shoes-anne—and I thought that instead of just answering her ask, I’d write a whole post about it, since I’m sure a bunch of you are interested (especially given the response to the How to Get A Job in Publishing post that linked to my internship’s...

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Hey! I have a question… Everyone tells me that it’s insanely hard to get a book published, something like 0.01% chance. But then someone else told me that it’s not THAT hard if you write well and have a good story to tell, since most of what is sent to agents and...

[vurtual]

[bookmania]

from The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

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Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club (via bookmania)

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[incidentalcomics]

The Story Coaster

Drawing for the 7/14 Sunday NY Times Book Review - thanks to editor Pamela Paul! 

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[waterglamo-r]

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perks of staying at home: 24/7 wifi access

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Really upset right now. And I have a headache too. Why do I have to feel this way now? And there's so much to do.

[mouse-y]

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[millionsmillions]

Yet shyness remains a part of being human, and the world would be a more insipid, less creative place without it. As Cain argues, we live in a culture that values dialogue as an ultimate ideal, an end in itself, unburdening ourselves to each other in ever louder voices without necessarily communicating any better. Shyness reminds us that all human interaction is fraught with ambiguity, and that insecurity and self-doubt are natural, because we are all ultimately inaccessible to one another. The human brain is the most complex object we know, and the journey from one brain to another is surely the most difficult. Every attempt at communication is a leap into the dark, with no guarantee that we will be understood or even heard by anyone else. Given this obdurate fact, a little shyness around each other is understandable.

Bad news for writers: shyness can’t be cured. Good news for writers: shyness makes us more creative. (via millionsmillions)

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