“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” — Franz Kafka
This is so true for both readers and writers. How is it I’ve never heard it before today?
Posted in Meg's Posts, Quotes on Writing
First Books
If you think writers are born rather than made and brilliant writing is recognized immediately, those rejection slips for your novel—or story or nonfiction query, or (heaven help you) letter to your own mother—can seem a daunting thing. The truth is getting started as a writer takes hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck.
July 20th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
This has always been one of my favorite quotes. It bears reciting in the mirror every morning.