Jan 16 Posted under Quote of the week, Working your magic

Quote of the week: Getting the reader under the bed

You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention. These are God’s adjectives. You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by.

~~Mark Twain, author and humorist, 1835-1910

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   Jan 17, 2011 at 1:35 am

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