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A Favorite Quote

mindylong_web — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:05:22 +0000

"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before." — Mae West

Living: A Favorite Quote

mindylong_web — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:03:20 +0000

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." –Henry Ford

Living: A Favorite Quote

mindylong_web — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:09:38 +0000

"You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there." — Yogi Berra

It’s All Learning

mindylong_web — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:50:33 +0000

I try to sneak in some reading any chance I get. Freelancing, raising a two year old and doing all those other things that have to be done during the day means I am usually up past my bedtime so I can finish another article or a chapter or two. Reading used to feel like an indulgence, but, as a writer, I figure I can justify it. Not only is it the way I prefer to spend my free time, but it is also good for my career. I always learn something new, either a technique or just a bit or information.

I recently read this Hemingway quote, which gives me just one more way to justify all the time I spend reading:

"I think you should learn about writing from
everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you."
–Ernest Hemingway to F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
Selected Letters, page 176

Now…back to my book.