“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life, because it is there that a civilization stores its memory and teaches the next generation how to think.” –Henry Ward Beecher

To everyone still reading physical books in this golden age of screens, instant downloads, and AI, you’re amazing. Support your local libraries and bookstores.

I hate when people at work ask you what books you are reading for professional development. I am reading books to counteract the effects of being professionally developed. I am reading books that bring me back to being human.

Yes! Comedy is lost on anyone willing to correct everything.

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: “It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use

Micro fiction, short stories, novellas, short novels, novels, and epic length pieces all take slightly different skill sets. The thing is though, they’re all equal in worth. Word count doesn’t determine literary worth. What they bring readers does. #Writing_Community

It is okay … to wear old clothes to not upgrade your phone to buy second-hand items to live in a simple home to read older books to enjoy home cooking to travel to unknown locations to earn a living doing what you love to be an introvert it is okay to live a simpler life.

Overnight success in publishing isn’t really overnight. It’s years of writing, rewriting, rejection, quiet releases, & showing up long before anyone notices. What people see is just the moment it finally breaks through. #SaturdayMotivation: Stay patient. Your time doesn’t have

Literature is humanity’s longest conversation with itself about what it means to be alive. It has been going on for thousands of years. You are not late, you are not unqualified, you are not too much or too little or too broken. Pull up a chair. This conversation was always about

May the fourth be with you

Hate to be that person but with all these discussions that are taking place, it has shown me that a lot of you do not engage with media that makes you uncomfortable. And I really think that many of you need to start and/or read more books that make you uncomfortable.

A binman in Turkey’s capital found a bag of thrown-away books on his rounds and couldn’t bring himself to take it to the dump. He kept it. Other workers started doing the same. The pile has now grown into a public library of over 9,000 books, run by sanitation workers, in an old

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If it makes you uncomfortable, there's probably something you need to learn. Read books.

I know people who would have this exact same reaction!🤣🤣🤣

If you don't like negative feedback, don't ask for feedback at all. Period.

Don't be upset when you get honest criticism. It will help improve your craft.

I'm sick and tired of the current trend of Booktweet/bookstagram reviewers only catering to the "next" or "current" big thing, be it indie or trad, is a tremendous disservice to the myriad incredible other authors around. But no, we only get the same 3-4 authors/books on and on.

I've been saying it for years. Traditional publishing routes want what's already selling.

I really dislike this mentality some have toward fiction like it's something you're supposed to "grow up" from once you're past a certain age. I reject that premise entirely. You're never too old for escapism or well-written stories that have something to say about humanity.