C. Lee McKenzie

Young Adult and Middle Grade Author

Hero Lost, Mysteries of Death and Life, Part 3

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This July I’ll be featuring the twelve authors (three each Monday) who contributed stories to the
Hero Lost Mysteries of Death and Life
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology
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Each author has submitted their favorite inspirational quote, so this month I won’t be adding my usual quote.
Thank you, authors!

Ellen Jacobson, The Silvering

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ―Mark Twain

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Olga Godim, Captain Bulat
“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.” ―Terry Pratchett

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Erika Beebe, The Wheat Witch
“You will write if you will write without thinking of the result in terms of a result, but think of the writing in terms of discovery, which is to say that creation must take place between the pen and the paper, not before in a thought or afterwards in a recasting… It will come if it is there and if you will let it come.” ―Gertrude Stein

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Quote of the Week: “Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” J.K. Rowling

Comments

  4. Haven't come across that Terry Pratchett quote before. It's a great one. I've nearly finished the anthology, so I've read all these authors' stories. Excellent work one and all!

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  17. Good quote, but is the Mark Twain quote really one of his? I rememeber he didn't particularly have a fond time of sailing when he was on the Sandwich (now Hawaii) Islands.

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  29. Hi, Cheryl!

    These are excellent quotes, all of them. Mark Twain's is empowering. Gertrude Stein's observation "that creation must take place between the pen and the paper, not before in a thought or afterwards in a recasting… It will come if it is there and if you will let it come” is an exciting concept. Your quote from J.K. Rowling is smart, wise and true. My favorite quote is the one by Terry Pratchett. The journey's the thing, even if you are on an exercise bike that doesn't take you anywhere.

    Enjoy your week, dear friend Cheryl!

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