“It’s easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren’t writers, and very little harm comes to them.” — Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot
Archives for May 2013
An Amazing Kind of Grace
On a Tuesday three weeks ago, I was in a very dark place. My writing was not going well. The demons were dancing in my head. I sat at my computer screen, mentally listing all my perceived creative failures — one in particular that had stalled last summer and I naturally assumed was my fault — convincing myself I was never going to finish the book and if I did it would be subpar. You get the picture.
Quote of the Week for April 29
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” — Francis Bacon