Rick Killian

Lessons from a ghost . . .

Who wants to become a writer?
And why?
Because it’s the answer to everything. . . .
It’s the streaming reason for living.
To note, to pin down, to build up, to create,
to be astonished at nothing,
to cherish the oddities,
to let nothing go down the drain,
to make something,
to make a great flower out of life,
even if it’s a cactus.

—Enid Bagnold

 

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It’s often good to do
a fishing trip between
the first draft and the second draft,
because that’s
where you find the howlers—
that’s where you see
the weaknesses. . . .
You need the distance to see it.

—David Seidler,
Creative Spark: David Seidler

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Keep a small can
of WD-40 on your desk—
away from any open flames—
to remind yourself
that if you don’t write daily,
you will get rusty.

—George Singleton

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“The Most Beautiful Train Ride in the World” (Part 1)

“The Most Beautiful Train Ride in the World” (Part 1)

Riding the Ella Odyssey: The Path Less Chosen (Part 1 of 5) One of the happier and more helpful delusions of travel is that one is on a quest. —Paul Theroux “The Slow Train to Kandy” Ghost Train to the Eastern Star We arrived in Sri Lanka the last day of February 2022...

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I knew others that
had more talent,
and a better background.
If persistence could not
do it for me,
I was doomed.
So I always listened,
and worked harder. 

—Jack Bickham

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