“You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories.
The money’s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed.”
˜Larry Niven, Science Fiction Writer (b. April 30, 1938)
January
WInter
November
“The last days of November write their own pages.”
~ Keith Wynn
February
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbour. Cast the wind in your sail.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~Mark Twain (b. November 30, 1835 – d. April 21, 1910)
January 2025
“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come / Whispering ‘it will be happier’…” ~from “Robin Hood and Maid Marion”
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (b. 6 August 1809 – d. 6 October 1892)
Happy New Year!
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
~ T.S. Eliot (b. 26 September 1888 – d. 4 January 1965)
Merry Christmas!
“The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.”
~ Louisa May Alcott (b. November 29, 1832 – d. March 6, 1888), Little Women
Stories are for eternity
“Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember but the story.”
~ Tim O’Brien (b. October 1, 1946), The Things They Carried
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