Raul Julia Quotes


One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia. Lynn Abbey Collection 98
There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause. Lynn Abbey Applause 85
No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge. Lynn Abbey Cartridge 76
Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured. Lynn Abbey Believe 69
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery. Lynn Abbey Computer 67
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself. Lynn Abbey Challenge 62
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me. Lynn Abbey Faith 58
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. Lynn Abbey Background 56
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet. Lynn Abbey Actively 48
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. Lynn Abbey Cloudy 45
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium. Lynn Abbey Uncategorized 41
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history. Lynn Abbey Book 39
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. Lynn Abbey Harder 38
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down. Lynn Abbey Uncategorized 36
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions. Lynn Abbey Centuries 29
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment. Lynn Abbey Balance 24

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