The book look
Hopping from one book cover to another, we taste the one that deserves the second look. The anti-library sells in images, the library promotes with...
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J.K. Rowling revisits her masterpiece
J.K. Rowling reflects on annotating the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. “I wrote the book … in snatched hours, in clattering...
Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative advantage”
It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further...
‘Good work only comes through revision’
After a lifetime of hounding authors for advice, I’ve heard three truths from every mouth: (1) Writing is painful— it’s ‘fun’ only for novices, the...
‘The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it’
“Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared...
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities...
‘The writer feeds his book’
The writer feeds his book, he strengthens the parts of it which are weak, he protects it, but afterwards it is the book that grows,...
‘She ignored whatever did not interest her’
She ignored whatever did not interest her. With those blows she opened her days like a piñata. A hundred freedoms fell on her. She hitched...
Abraham Lincoln on writing
“Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye— is the great invention of the world.” Abraham Lincoln...
‘I wish I’d spent more time on…’ and ‘I wish I’d spent less time on…’
Imagine you are eighty years old – assuming you’re not eighty already, that is; if you are, you’ll have to pick an older age –...
Mechanical paper tech by Kelli Anderson
These popup contraptions are extraordinary. Created by artist Kelli Anderson, This Book Is a Planetarium (Amazon) book contains interactive constructions of a planetarium, a musical instrument, a...
Take what you’ve done and throw it away
If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to...