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The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. Kate ChopinIn my novel, the main character, Par Parker, is enamored by Isadora Duncan who also believed in the salutary effects of the sea.

The power of the pen and fun in writing is reflected in this quote by Alice Walker: Fiction is such a world of freedom. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.  

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.        —Anaïs Nin    

Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. delicious ambiguity… —Gilda Radner

In golf as in life it is the follow through that makes the difference. – Anonymous

Girl time is good for your health | Women24. Another article about woman BFFs reducing stress in women’s lives.Cheers to girlfriends!

Spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good…for another book…The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. —Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

In my novel, the main character has three best friends from high school: Pinky, a petite, bossy, 9-1-1 dispatcher; Carmen, a pot-smoking, dessert-loving, masseuse-in-training; and Gail, a romantic, business professor, and wife of a prison guard. Fiction aside, I’ve been lucky to have long-lasting friendships with awesome women. I love Helen Keller’s quote: My friends have made… Continue reading Friendship Theme

Five dead writers I’d love to bring back for a dinner party, and a quote from each. Who would you bring back?Colette: “Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”Dorothy Parker: “I’m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don’t… Continue reading A Dinner Party…

I was about to make a list of dead writers I’d like to bring back for a dinner party when I came across this link, and found it thought-provoking. Please stay tuned for my list, and I’d love to see who would be on yours. To make up for the gender bias of this one,… Continue reading Last Words of Famous Dead Writers