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“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” via Benjamin Franklin — Jalvis Quotes

“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” via Ralph Waldo Emerson — Jalvis Quotes

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all. In which case, you’ve failed by default.” via J. K. Rowling — Jalvis Quotes

Can’t **** it with bullets,Can’t **** it with liquor.Can’t **** it with drugs,It’ll just make you sicker. Can’t destroy it with silence,Can’t burn it with matches,Can’t cut out the legsAnd just hope it collapses. Can’t stop it with arrows,Can’t stop it with knives.Can’t stop its great furyAnd destruction of lives. Can’t erase it with pleasure,Can’t […]… Continue reading MONSTER — Jalvis Quotes

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” via Herbert Spencer — Jalvis Quotes

“Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms.” via Gloria Steinem — Jalvis Quotes

“He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.” via Chinese Proverb — Jalvis Quotes

By Suzanne Fernandez Gray The first few times it happened, I tried not to look at the clock. Then I decided to make a game of awakening in the middle of the night by trying to guess the hour at hand. 3:11 a.m? 4:13 a.m.? 1:45 a.m.? By checking things out like the shade of […]… Continue reading Writing the Midnight Oil — BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog

By Sweta Vikram Remember the joy and pain of writing your novel or memoir or poetry book or short story collection or set of essays? Remember the pride, the emotional exhaustion, the enthrallment, and the physical pain of bringing your book in this world? The rush, the celebrations, the book events, the sleepless nights, the […]… Continue reading Four Simple Ways to Promote Your Book Long After Its Release — BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog

By Jaye Viner I recently finished Paul Tremblay’s collection of short stories, Growing Things. In the back matter, he talks about how he envies writers who always have more ideas than they have time to write. After graduate school, I was anxious about keeping my idea trough full. Neil Gaiman calls it the ‘compost heap,’ […]… Continue reading Feeding the Compost Pile: Finding Sources of Inspiration that Expand Our Writing World — BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog