My favorite manifestos, principles, and rules for artists, writers, and makers
A list of memorable and humorous characters from different books.
Words and Pictures by Grant Snider
These are some of my favorite comics about writing and creating! As well as a few bonus comics just for fun!
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Source for comic: The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity
From tiny writing desks to giant painting studios, the only thing all of these creative studios have in common is that they inspired their successful inhabitants to create greatness.
From Frantz Fanon to Sylvia Plath, read a list of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen's favorite books.
This is a print made on 12" x 16" glossy stock with a thin white border around the edges. The original drawing was done freehand with pen and marker. Each print is individually signed by me (the artist). I cut them by hand from 12x18 stock, so they may have an extra centimeter or two of length. Remember, these are art prints, not mass-produced posters, so they may contain minor imperfections. Be sure to check out the other prints in my Authors series!
John Steinbeck liked to write with a pencil. He sharpened twenty-four pencils every morning with which he would do his day’s work. With one pencil he could write a full-page on a yellow legal pad before the point was blunt. His writing was tiny. Crabbed up knots that sometimes needed a magnifying glass to decipher. … Continue reading "‘Your Audience is a Single Reader’: John Steinbeck’s Advice on Writing"
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”
Author Carolyn See once said, “Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.” Which is one of many reasons why women writers are amazing — and why we need more of them. Because let's face it, the "official…
“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our...
I don’t drink coffee, so let’s have a beer… My posts are always collaborations and are presented in two parts. Part 1 is a summary of a shared experience with my collaborator(s). Part 2 is a response often in the form of a project created specifically for this blog. I was in New York last […]
Source for word: Grandiloquent
The young-adult novelist discusses her childhood, the Internet, and the enduring appeal of her books
