authors

Authors are supernatural beings. They exist in the world, also in worlds they create, and in the worlds of other authors they read.

Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have used many suggestions conveyed to me in letters from children. Once on a time I really imagined myself "an author of fairy tales," but now I am merely an editor or private secretary for a host of youngsters whose ideas I am requested to weave into the thread of my stories...My, what imaginations these children have developed! Sometimes I am fairly astounded by their daring an genius. There will be no lack of fairy-tale authors in the future, I am sure. My readers have told me what to do with Dorothy, and Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, and I have obeyed their mandates. They have also given me a variety of subjects to write about in the future: enough, in fact, to keep me busy for some time. I am very proud of this alliance. Children love these stories because children have helped to create them. My readers know what they want and realize I try to please them. The result is satisfactory to the publishers, to me, and (I am quite sure) to the children. I hope, my dears, it will be a long time before we are obliged to dissolve partnership.

The Scribe"Under the wingsOf the feathered Goddess,And in the middleOf the three dancing women,The scribe comes aliveTo reveal mysteries hiddenThrough divine gifts givenThe scribe is drivenOn his sacred missionTo wake upAll the universe'sMen, women andHeavenly children.Under the seven rays of Aten,And from the age of just ten,The scribe comes aliveWith the fertile inkOf his luminous pen.Below the spectacle of the moon,And in the smile of the sun,The scribe is here to show usHow we are all one.

A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.

Are we not all books waiting for someone to pick us up and read the pages that people missed?

Many are never satisfied. They always want more ; and then when they get more, they are still not content. I think mostly because they are trying to keep up with others. You have to live within your means or you'll find yourself trying to dig your way out of a hole. Whatever is meant for you is for you. Don't lose yourself trying to live another's life

A hundred years ago, an average teenager knew countless authors, and, a sex position or two. Today, an average teenager knows countless sex positions, and, an author or two.

Even on the silent days, believe your ship will come.

Love at first sight is a polite phrase used when one wants to fuck a stranger.

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.

It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books.

Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place.

When the vision fill yours mind and passio hits your gut, the need to write it down cannot be stifled.

We are writing the history of our time.

You might lose battles in your life time. However, every person that stands bravely on the side of justice, for people that have no voice, wins the true battle---Gods.

I know, not everyone will like what I write, but writing is not about trying to please everybody.

Although my road to writing seems like it may have come easily, there were a few bumps in that road. I didn__ get a lot of encouragement from friends, although my family were great supporters. I also had many_what you would call __ind-boggling_ moments, when I would doubt myself and what I was writing. It has been said that we, ourselves, are our own worst critics.All the hard work had payed off though, and I created a children__ book that I am proud of, and an unforgettable little girl that will touch the hearts of many._-Nina Jean Slack

Always write exactly what you__e feeling at the exact moment when writing something like poetry or an emotional novel. Put yourself, pour all emotions into your work_make yourself cry, feel joy if you are writing joyful things, feel lovey if it calls for it_just put your heart and soul into all that you do_then you will be a good writer when you can make whoever reads your work, feel." -Nina Jean Slack