Ernest Hemingway
Twitter, Tweets, Books, and Readers
Here are a few funny tweets about books and readers. I love Twitter. Except for its occasional censorship. I’m a firm believer in absolute free speech; Twitter apparently is not such a firm believer. People who read books are so dumb. Like, the pages are literally numbered and in order. — Victoria Satterfield #books #readers […]
Six Word Stories for Those Who Want to Write Better
If you want to write better, start by trying to write a very short story in six words. Here, for example, are some short stories featured on SixWordStories.net (this website was inspired by the original short short story by Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.). Painfully, he changed “is” to “was.” Born a […]
Writing Bookmark: First Draft
Here are some great pieces of advice on how to write fiction from some incredible novelists. Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. — Anton Chekhov Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader. Not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling […]
Books Are Our Friends
Here are some wonderful and funny quotes about books, reading books, and loving books. Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read. — Groucho Marx Books you can’t put down are much easier to find when you can actually pick them up (in a bookstore). […]