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I truly love her work. It has been essential to my creative process.

Yes!

I’ll try to remember this when next I get comments from my beta readers.

Wow. “You may never befriend it.” A very interesting thought and one I certainly have discovered to be true. Sometimes it is a very unsettled feeling–like the notion of feast or famine. Neither position is a comfortable one.

Sparing at least 20 minutes is like sparing 15 minutes of prayer time. Regardless how long or short a piece was written–one has fully made a commitment to himself or herself and to the craft of writing…

Okay. I won’t feel bad then. Because I probably wrote a sentence two days ago on my WiP and felt awful about it. And I barely squeezed three pages out yesterday. Sigh. So, I guess I needed this quote.

Not all the time that words would just flow smoothly… it’s all right. Just write.

Love this quote, Ingrid!

Thanks. Good advice.

I love that! And I hope I’m ready!

I love that! I’m going to print that and hang it by my computer.

Ingrid,

Thanks for today’s quote from Ms Winterson, my favorite author of the past five years.

I have written a contemporary women’s fiction enovel, *Beth’s Book*, and want to know if you might take a look at it?

It’s set in Santa Cruz (where I live) and NYC. Beth Shepherd is a mid-lsit crime writer who’s descending into madness due to a variety of factors that has left her past deadline, over-budget and cracking up, unable to write.

The story follows her from the beginning of this crisis, through it (where the reader leanrs the ‘why’ of it all) to the beginning of her redemption.

Those who’ve read it have had positive things to say. I’m hoping to get the novel in front of a larger audience. Might you be willing to take a look at it?

Best,

Tim Woods timwoods.us

I need to stand among the flowers a bit longer.

Okay. I’m convicted now. I keep falling into the “I want this to sound beautiful” trap, rather than really examining how my character would describe her world. I’m not being honest about the character or with myself. So, thanks for this timely quote.

Looking forward to both!

I find that last one incredible...it shows what a gift Maud was giving to the world, and how selfless she was!

Good to know that critics ripped her book to shreds when it came out and that they were totally wrong!! And that she was so surprised that Anne of Green Gables was a success. Love reading her diary from this exciting moment in her life!!

That last entry is amazing. So heartfelt and honest and filled with her emotions. I love the surprise and excitement coming through when she learns that ANNE is doing so well.

Thank you for posting these. I liked this on Facebook

So glad those of you who are reading along -- and those of you who aren't -- are able to enjoy these quotes. I truly feel like we're building community via LMM this year!

Okay, I really need to read that. I keep meaning to, but somehow it never rises to the top of my shelf. That quote reminds me of the prayer of St. Francis...

I read this book with a book club I started when I my boys were young. This quote got me through a very difficult situation where, believe me, I wanted to stop everyone on the street and tell them my side of things.

Read it and tell me what you think!

Oh this is one of the books I return to again and again and again. LOVE IT.

Nice quote...I've been reading a couple of books about how you can make yourself a writer -- practice, practice.

Yup.

4/4/1899 is me to a T. :)

:)

I think this was her saving grace during those long, dark, lonely years living with her grandmother. She did have plenty of time to read and develop her writing.

Love the first one, Caroline. Funny thing is, I even find reading "a cookery recipe" fascinating. :-)

I could read a cookbook like a novel, sometimes.

This is great, Caroline! I love the one essential thing she demanded of a book: that it interest her. And I love that she was able to forgive other faults as long as the book satisfied that demand. I feel the same way.

I'm also 4/4/1899 -- but not 1/17/1895. I've read my share of "cookery recipes" with great interest, but I do give up on books I'm not enjoying.

I love this, too. I used to be quite a book snob, but now that I write, I realize there are so many great stories, many of which have surprisingly interested me. For those that don't, I know they'll interest someone. It's a generous way to think about books.

As for the faults, every book has them. Comments like this have to come from authors -- those of us who know how writing works and its limitations. This is generous, too.

I love that this post has become a personality profile of sorts!

I like 5/1/1900! I've been enjoying this posts, Caroline - thanks!

It's a great way to look at reading, isn't it? I'm SO enjoying my "private" reading year. And I"m looking forward to getting your BUTTERFLIES soon.