The Road Paved With Words
Writing, Books, Publishing, and Other things relevant to my life
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Post reblogged from reference for writers
Anti-heroes. They’re pretty awesome, right? They have tons of attitude and don’t afraid of anything! But for those of us who aren’t teenage boys, they can get kind of obnoxious. Their power-tripping can seem over the top and their angst can seem downright whiny. So how do you write troubled characters who your readers don’t want to strangle with their own totally kewl leather jackets?
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Photo reblogged from imaginejohanna
I have a big empty wall in my room and I kinda just wanna do built in bookshelves and a ladder so that I can do this^ every day.
Me in a bookstore.
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So I moved three weeks ago, and we only just got internet now.
It’s like I’m entering a world of wonder again. I just…so many things I missed.
On a happier note, last week I wrote 35,000 words because we didn’t have internet, soo…..
Trial by Fire is almost done.
go me.
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Link reblogged from WriteWorld
Whenever you receive harsh criticism, it can be hard to get yourself motivated again. The thing is—your writing is always going to be judged, either by people who want to help you or people who want to take you down a notch. I’ve talked before about distinguishing…
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Photoset reblogged from Confessions of a Book Addict
I think hidden rooms accessed via secret passage bookshelves are the ultimate in Steampunk interior decor. This is Secret Passage Bookshelf Porn. Enjoy!
- Library with secret door from Stash Vault
- Revolving shelf unit by Eckelman Brothers Construction
- In The Vortex
- A secret bookcase door in the library leads to the wine cellar from Su Casa Southern Homes
- A hidden stash with a secret door from Quinn Creative
- A Secret Passage Door via Happiness Is
- Drool-Worthy Secret Passage Bookshelves via Book Riot
- Holly Black’s Hidden Library
- Kick-Ass Secret Passage Bookshelves
- Your One-Stop Shop for Hidden Stairways and Secret Crypts via Archinect
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Photoset reblogged from Confessions of a Book Addict
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Photo reblogged from FYeahTattoos.com
Beautiful imagery.
Shakespeare on my skin forever. <3
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Photo reblogged from Amanda Patterson
Literary Birthday - 17 May
Happy Birthday, Peter Høeg, born 17 May 1957
Quotes
- I start every day with meditation and then I write and then I meditate again and then I do the second writing stretch.
- A novel is like a wave of tension that travels over a very long time … I think it is important not to carry with you the tension that you created in one work into the next.
- Each new book, it’s a game for me. It’s like going to a carnival and dressing up.
- It’s a mistake that we divide art into popular art and fine, highbrow, high-quality art. It has no basis in reality. And it is a way to keep other people and other people’s taste at a distance. It is a way of closing oneself towards some kinds of reality.
- I like to play with genres and to experience the thriller and the love story and to play with reality.
- There is a day of change in the life of most authors… That is the day they go from writing poems and short stories to working on a novel and writing for several hours every day… I must have been about twenty-four or twenty-five when I reached that turning point. I’d written for years before that but had never sent anything to a publisher.
- My first novel took four years to write, but that doesn’t say anything about the quality or the size of the novel. It was a learning piece, an apprentice book, because writing is not just a talent but a skill. It’s something you have to learn and develop. It’s a slow process.
- The book is the slowest art/media form. Everything else is very fast, but a book is very slow.
- To describe what you’ve read is like explaining music in writing.
- There are no fearless people, only fearless moments.
Peter Hoeg, a Danish fiction writer, published his first novel, A History of Danish Dreams, in 1988 but it was Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow (1992) that earned him international literary celebrity. His books have been published in more than 30 countries.
Source for Image
by Amanda Patterson for Writers Write
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Photo reblogged from I Love Reading And Writing!
