Wordshore

America, Libraries, Writing and Publishing.

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Happy Fence Friday {Heart on a Fence Post} Edition! by pixelmama on Flickr.
Pensacola Beach, Florida.

Happy Fence Friday {Heart on a Fence Post} Edition! by pixelmama on Flickr.


Pensacola Beach, Florida.

I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.

From Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.

thelifeguardlibrarian:

Good morning!

The Best American Short Stories.

thelifeguardlibrarian:

Good morning!

The Best American Short Stories.

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.

James Joyce

holy cow by Laura Travels on Flickr.
Cows in Pike County, Alabama.

holy cow by Laura Travels on Flickr.


Cows in Pike County, Alabama.

The Yellow Forest. by BamaWester on Flickr.
Alabama.

The Yellow Forest. by BamaWester on Flickr.


Alabama.

In Los Angeles, all the loose objects in the country were collected as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn’t tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.

Saul Bellow

America is the land where people find whatever they have lost.

Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum.

North light by R.J.E. on Flickr.
Michigan.

North light by R.J.E. on Flickr.


Michigan.

Putting the cart before the horse: worrying about your publishing platform, formats, ebooks, copyright, royalties etc - before you’ve actually written a single damned word.

John Kirriemuir

The great American road trip.