I came across this quote from David Eddings (excerpted from the start of the book Belgarath the Sorcerer) that I’d written down months and months ago. Reading it again, I can’t help but smile and nod. It’s so true.
I was in my mid-teens when I discovered that I was a writer. Notice that I didn’t [...]
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A great Eddings quote
Posted in writing, tagged creative writing, david eddings, on writing on Tuesday 8 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My story
Posted in academics, pondersome riff, the past, tagged carnegie mellon, creative writing, ursula k. leguin, j. k. rowling, star wars, english, college, george lucas on Wednesday 16 May 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Originally written as my 85Broads.com “My Story” in May 2007.
As a writer and reader, I take autobiographical portraits a little too seriously. I’m not going to do the David Copperfield version, but I’ll likely come close. This is, as far as I can write it, the path that led me to my chosen avocation: creative [...]
writing confidence gained
Posted in academics, writing, tagged carnegie mellon, confidence, creative writing, independence, workshopping, young adult literature on Thursday 1 February 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I got to meet a children’s book author tonight, Sue Stauffacher, who came to speak at my school and read from her works. She’s a CMU alumna and she’s very active within her community doing lots of book reviewing and community outreach. She’s cool. She’s pretty much on her way up to gaining fame in [...]
