I. Writing for the Soul
Know thy ideal and live for that. For each soul must give an account for its own self.
--Paramhansa Yogananda
“Is It Ready Yet?” – Jeannie Weiner
“Writing Past the Fear” – Cathryn Williams
“Writing Who You Are” - Karen Williams
“Writing Through the Pain” – Dr. Debraha Watson, Vice-Chancellor, WC3D
“Waiting on Inspiration” - Linda Fegins, Esq.
II. Taking the Road Less Traveled
Attitude, persistence, excellence, talent, determination, originality, selfishness. --Unknown
“Fear of Success” – Heather Buchanan
“Becoming My Own Best Advocate” – Barbara Pattee
“The Muse & the Road Less Traveled”— Nadia Ibrashi, M.D.
“Being a Writer Can Be Scary” - Brenda Cornish
"From Speaker to Writer: Loving Myself through the Journey" - Sabrina Jackson
III. Making the Best of Things
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.-- Unknown
“Career Days” – Desiree Cooper
“Not the Only Little Black Girl” – Sharon Stanford
“Writing During the Lean Times” – Sylvia McClain
"What is the Gender, Please?" - Rohit Raina
IV. Lighter Side of Writing
If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass. If it persists, you probably ought to write a novel.
--Lawrence Block, Writing the Novel from Plot to Print
“The Squirrel Story” - Cathryn Williams
“Mixing Motherhood & Writing is Not for the Faint of Heart” – Sylvia Hubbard
V. Born to Write
When I don’t write enough, I get a growing sense of disease. It is an appetite that isn’t sated by other things. I become lonely for my soul. I try to find it by talking with people. I look for a glimpse of it at the movies. I clean my office to see where I misplaced it. I get lonely and pine and blame it on my friends. I try to set things right every way I know and then—after I have set up the vase of lilacs, cleaned the room, fussed at my thoughtless friends, I remember: oh, yes, I need to write. Maybe that’s what’s bothering me. . .
Julia Cameron, The Write to Write
“Why I Write”— Karen White Owens
“The Story in You” – Kay Douglas, Agent
“I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found” – Teresa Kimble
“Leaving a Written Legacy” – Dorothy Kimble
“The Letters” – Pamela Towns
"Are You Passionate Enough to Write?" - Elizabeth Williams-Tilson
“Why Do You Want to Write” – Carol Atkins, Journalist
“Momma Made” – Esperanza Malavė Cintrόn
