One should never resort to dullness, ennui, tedium, languor in order to embrace acceptance.
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You and the pen and the paper are a thruple, writing as one.
What I love about being a writer and creative person is the insight it gives me into art and art-making.
You can’t chase two rabbits at once.
There are things I am still afraid of, but being myself will no longer be one of them.
Writing is a mystery to me, a heroic mystery. It’s such a challenge every time I go to the page. I never know how I’m going to finish anything without first getting into it.
One should never resort to dullness, ennui, tedium, languor in order to embrace acceptance.
I hadn’t thought the manuscript was so bad it deserved being torched.
When I go deep with my direct community of women we are able to identify needs to aid in the development of our juiciest, most creative selves.
Editing is where the poems take shape and come to life.
All in fiction
One should never resort to dullness, ennui, tedium, languor in order to embrace acceptance.
If an AI bot writes something, is there the same sensuality, the same connection?
When my writing is going well, there’s an energy in the room that definitely reminds me of sex.
When a Puerto Rican accomplishes something, it’s an achievement for the entire island.
I am of an age to wonder, do strangers still flirt in person? Are sex and fiction interchangeable?
Scott: “I do my best writing in my pajamas and with wine.” Brian: “I write every single day, usually during any hours that Scott isn’t home.”
The writing got done on airplanes, in hotel rooms, and on airport shuttles.
I want to create strong women characters who take control of what they want sexually. I write honest, consensual kink.
I had several false starts trying to write a full length novel. I would get started with one chapter and get bogged down.
I very much have to write when the moment feels right, and normally I can handle that within a deadline, but that may mean 2AM with a pot of tea.
There's such a special atmosphere this time of year--thousands of writers all over the world supporting and motivating one another--it's magical!
I keep trying to edit and revise, but then I look at this first draft and discover there's so much that needs to be fixed, I don't know where to start. Pantsing (making up stuff as I go along) is partly responsible for that.
…the changes in the publishing industry have not been kind to many authors, me included. So I decided to take control of my fate.
I stood on their stage and bawled my eyes out like Miss America.
You have to take time explore yourself in a way that can be both pleasurable and painful.
