WritingStick

Nature's wake from sleep Life flirts with beauty a time for flowers to flaunt

Sudden summer rain soaks the garden before dusk— Cat licks early stars

thick blanket of snow snuggling the flowerbeds with a winter wrap

I should start posting my favorite Haikus on here

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink

Wittgenstein, Schoolteacher theparisreview.org/blog/2015/12/2…

Wittgenstein, Schoolteacher theparisreview.org/blog/2015/12/2…

A Different Kind of Progress: The Poetry and Philosophy of Rilke, Rumi, Mary Oliver, and Tagore, Set to Song feedproxy.google.com/~r/brainpickin…

Gloria Steinem on the Road as a Medium of Listening in a Culture Deafened by Speaking feedproxy.google.com/~r/brainpickin…

“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” ― Aldous Huxley

“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” ― E.L. Doctorow

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ― Anton Chekhov

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” ― Stephen King

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

Use "power words" that compel the reader to read your work

You want to maintain an identity outside of your work so that you don't take criticisms of your work, as criticisms of yourself

As a writer, it's essential to separate yourself from your work

"Kingpin of the Ink Pen"... Jay Z