#rmdrake – Modest Thoughts

Think Different

February 5, 2016 by Alice Leave a Comment

When I meet someone for the first time, usually, in westerns society, one of the first questions I’m asked is “what do you do?” As if this will tell the person everything they need to know about me. For years, I’ve worked towards having an answer to that question that makes me proud. Now whether … [Read more…]

“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.”
― Alan W. Watts