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Category Archives: Quotation
A Seelie Witch
“But men in all ages have beene so desirous to know the effect of their purposes, the sequele of things to come, and to see the end of their feare and hope: that a seelie witch, which had learned anie … Continue reading
A Thought for You Creatives
“Men mocked and reproached the lover because he acted like a fool for love’s sake. The lover felt contempt for their mockery, and reproached them in turn for not loving the beloved.” — Ramon Llull, Book of the Lover and … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of the Lover and the Beloved, Mysticism, Ramon Lull, Sufism, Troubadour Poetry
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More or Less Connected Legend
“[O]nce upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story — the larger founded … Continue reading
Advocates
A thought for you novelists out there: “In industry after industry, the driving force behind a strong core business is a far-above average percentage of… customer advocates.” — Chris Zook, Profit from the Core Or, as famous author Michaelbert Collings … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Chris Zook, Michaelbrent Collings, Profit from the Core
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First Things First
Because I thought you might need a motivational thought today.
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Tagged 7 Habits, Hellhound on My Trail, Meme, Rock Band Fights Evil, Stephen R. Covey
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The First Requisite
“[I]gnorance is the first requisite of the historian — ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.” — Lytton Strachey, Eminent Victorians
Positioning Your Fiction
“It’s the basic question you must always know how to answer: What are we offering customers, why is it better than the other options available to them, and how will we make money from it?” — Ram Charan, Know-How
I Favor Adventure Stories
Life is an adventure. Stories are how we orient ourselves. The only alternative to reading adventure stories is to be lost.
Rational Authors
The electronic frontier is neither literary heaven nor hell. It’s simply a new set of opportunities for readers and writers. It’s not a religion that requires you to renounce other forms of publishing. Rational authors, acting in their best business … Continue reading
