Going through my rss feeds for today I see that Susan Albert has headed off to New Mexico for a winter break from the Texas drought. Her pictures of the NM snow made me jealous but I’ll take our light rain any time I can. It was her “Reading note” that really caught my eye though…
Practice is essential. If you’re going to learn to write, it has to be your practice. I’ve been fascinated with the job of learning to write, which is unending. And I enjoy writing. Dealing with the problems it presents gives me pleasure. Sometimes there’s frustration, but if I get frustrated or hit an impasse, I just stop and go back to it later. I don’t like to hear writers talk about how they suffer for their craft. If it’s that bad, they ought to quit.–Wendell Berry
