Friday, March 11, 2011

Favorite piece of...

Happy Friday!!!

Today I'm keeping it simple... a few quotes...

1. Your favorite piece of writing will always be your next one.
2. Stand in the rain with your face turned upward every chance you get.
3. Every writer spends a lifetime as a writer-in-training.
4. Every good writer is a sponge: soak it up, wring it out.
5. A fair number of fiction writers have been avid liars since childhood.

So if the snow is falling or the rain is coming stand in the middle of it all and enjoy the moment. If the sun is shinning spend a day outside to soak it up.

Write a little, read a little, love a lot.

Have a fab weekend!

43 comments:

Erica Mitchell said...

Great quotes and have a fantastic weekend! The only time I would suggest not standing in the rain is during hurricane season...the debris really dampens the free spirit of it all ;)

Laura Pauling said...

Ha ha! Avid liars - all of us!

Amie McCracken said...

Love these. Avid liars *snicker*.

Li said...

I prefer to think of it as "telling other peoples' truths". Which makes me...a tattle tale and a liar, I suppose :))

Diane said...

Great thoughts to inspire on this rainy day. It is raining here, but I'm still in my pajamas, so maybe later I will go out and let it hit me. :O)

S.A. Larsenッ said...

Love #2. I'm a rain fanatic. Warm summer droplets beading on my face, while the giggles of children splash in forming puddles. Those are some of my favorites.

Christine Danek said...

This is great. Avid Liars? Nice.
Have a great weekend!

Bish Denham said...

Great quotes! Who said/wrote them? Curious George would like to know :)

Creepy Query Girl said...

Great advice! Have a great weekend!

Shannon O'Donnell said...

Love those, especially the first one! Have a great weekend, Jen. :-)

Joanne said...

Lots of inspiring thoughts here today. It's pouring rain here, so I'll think of you when I venture out later on :)

Happy Friday ...

Jess said...

Thanks for the quotes~ number five is hilarious! Have a good weekend :)

Jillian said...

Hey Jen!!! Thank you so so so much for your sweet comment yesterday!!!

By the way I am still laughing at number 5

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

I may be a sponge, but I'm not a liar!

Janet Johnson said...

Love the thought of looking up into the rain! Great thoughts about enjoying life in the moment.

Have a great bunch of moments this weekend. :)

Thomasina said...

Such great quotes!

Abby Minard said...

Love the liar one. SO true!

Laura S. said...

Have a wonderful weekend, Jen!

Nicole Zoltack said...

Love those quotes! Happy Friday!

Arlee Bird said...

Sure, I can go with these.

Lee
Tossing It Out

Unknown said...

Who lies? *cough cough*

Have a great weekend!

Melissa said...

OH YEAH to both #2 and 5!!!!

Can't wait for Saturday!

HAVE AN AWESOME DAY

Jemi Fraser said...

Love those quotes! Thanks for sharing :)

Wellington Artist said...

I love your humorous and honest approach to writing. I think the A to Z Challenge will be quite a lot of fun! I am definitely up for it. I already began my alphabetical list of what to blog about.

Meredith said...

Yay for amazing advice! I need to go out and soak up some of this sunshine this afternoon. Thanks, Jen! Have an awesome weekend!

Debbie said...

O.K. I like this blog, like the short posts that don't make me feel like I'm going crazy from boredom! Like your pink hair also!

Jennifer Hillier said...

The number #4 quote really resonates: Soak it up, wring it out. Yes, exactly.

Have a great weekend, Jen!

Hannah said...

Fantastic quotes!! Have a great weekend!

Samantha Sotto said...

"A fair number of fiction writers have been avid liars since childhood." Haha! inDEED ;D

LesleyRH said...

So true about number five...my mom would agree haha

Stina said...

I know some people who would disgree with #3. They're complete idiots.

Love #1. So true. :D

Susan Gourley/Kelley said...

Great advice and I prefer story tellers instead of liars.

Jan Markley said...

Love points #3&#4 - so true!

alexia said...

I love playing in the rain and soaking up sun. And rainbows when they happen at the same time!!

Happy weekend!

Guinevere said...

Have a great weekend!

So true about your favorite piece of writing always being the new project! :)

Sharon K. Mayhew said...

Beautiful, Jen! Your post could have been a poem....

The Words Crafter said...

Hey Jen! I love your quotes, especially #5!

I just read your truths and I love spending time just talking to my husband, too. Funny, one of my dreams is to at least spend a few nights in a castle. They're so.....ancient. Imagine if their walls could talk!

Have a great weekend!

Anonymous said...

I love being out in the rain as long as its not freezing rain. My wife thinks I'm nuts but if I'm caught during a rains storm without an umbrella I'm actually enjoying it!

Ashley said...

another writer?! Im hitting the jackpot today :) your blog is inspiring, I cant wait to discover more of it!!! And you rock that pinnk hair girl!!!

Unknown said...

Awesome quotes! Hmm, yes, I have been a little liar from the beginning... have a great weekend.

Al said...

Hi! Thank you SO much for reading my new blog! And being so nice!! I can't wait to read Demonglass!

pauline said...

I would like to submit that comedic non-fiction writers make for good liars, too. Seriously. The Husband will vouch for the tiny grain of truth in some of my writing. ;)

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

#2 and #3 are win for me