“Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.”
― Pico Iyer

So put your heart & soul into your writing, #turtlewriters! You may just be surprised by the enthusiastic warmth of its reception! Good luck!🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

“You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over your shoulder, you’ll never write.”
― Nikki Giovanni

Believe in yourself and your story, #turtlewriters! Only you can tell it! So go for it! Good luck with your writing! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

"You are a glorious, shining sword and criticism is the whetstone. Do not run from the whetstone or you will become dull and useless. Stay sharp."
-Duane Alan Hahn

Constructive criticism is always worth listening to, but remember - it's *your* story, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

"A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it."
~William Styron

Good luck with finding great books to read, so they inspire your own writing! 🍀Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

“No two people read the same book, even when it appears to be identical…”
- Nancy Pearl

Just as no two writers tell the same story, even if it’s one that’s been told many times before! Trust in your own unique voice, #turtlewriters! Good luck with your writing! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

"Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing."
-Joyce Carol Oates

Try not to let negative reviews get you down, #turtlewriters! Even best-selling authors get them, remember! Trust your writer's voice & keep writing! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

“We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.”
– Maya Angelou
Good luck, take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

“So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.”
— Norton Juster

Believe in yourselves, #turtlewriters, think positive & turn your dreams into a reality! 🙂🐢❤️ Good luck! 🍀 #WritingCommunity

The fun thing about writing a semi-mystety as a pantser;
You don't know the clues or people involved anymore than the characters do.
The problem with writing a semi-mystety as a pantser;
You don't know the clues or people involved anymore than the characters do.

#WritingCommunity #turtlewriters

"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."
- Aristotle

You’re never going to *please* everyone, but there are lots of prospective readers out there who may just love your stories! Be brave & write, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
— Thomas Mann

So when the going gets tough, take heart, #turtlewriters! You're not alone! We all know how you feel & are cheering you on! Good luck! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

‘You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.’
- Beverly Sills

So take a chance, have courage & go for it, #turtlewriters! You can do this! Good luck! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

“Writers don’t write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don’t. …If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.”
― Nikki Giovanni

Good luck with your WIP, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

‘There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.’
– Beverly Sills

So grit your teeth when the going gets tough, #turtlewriters, & keep taking one step after another because the view will be so worthwhile when you do get there! Good luck! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

“My aim in constructing sentences is to make the sentence utterly easy to understand, writing what I call transparent prose. I’ve failed dreadfully if you have to read a sentence twice to figure out what I meant.”
— Ken Follett

Good luck with your WIP, #turtlewriters!🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good luck, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

'The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.'
― Stephen King

Good luck with your writing, #turtlewriters! Take care & stay safe, 🐢🍀❤️ 🙂 #WritingCommunity

Any one got a line on bunkers?
I'm probably gonna need one.
I seem to have elves... without pointed ears... and I think some kind of headbone closer to Minbari.
There will be #fantasy fans who will rage.
#worldbuilding #WritingCommunity #turtlewriters #pantserlife

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that 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.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr

#turtlewriters🙂 🐢 #WritingCommunity

"It is better to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all."
— William Makepeace Thackeray

Love your characters & your story, #turtlewriters, & your readers will love them too! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity