Tag: Ray Bradbury
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Whispering and Shouting with Bradbury
“What are the best things and the worst things in your life, and when are you going to get around to whispering or shouting them?” – Ray Bradbury This morning, Ray Bradbury died. It is strange to write that sentence. It’s one of those things that never quite seemed possible. The writer that never grew…
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You Are Not a Beautiful and Unique Snowflake
Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else. – Tyler Durden in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club Writer’s are a fragile bunch. We are primarily solitary creatures, except when we are gathering with other writers to talk about writing. We…