I recently read this battered, strange book-a 1955 memoir by a German soldier who escaped from an American POW camp.and founded a bookstore in Chicago under an assumed name until his capture years later. (less)ġ of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars I will tell you: don't get eaten by bears. So no, my friend Kent, I will not wish you luck. Writing stories for other people isn't about luck: it's about learning how to craft a story that other people love as much as you do.
In twenty years, the stroke of luck that got you ahead faster than you would have is canceled out by hundreds of events that you've influenced through persistence and skill and constantly paying attention to your surroundings so that bears don't eat you. But luck has nothing to do with a long-term career. Luck plays such a tiny role in a writers' career - luck might get you published a few months earlier, or might land you with an editor who isn't planning on leaving the publishing house any time soon, or might score you nice placement on the bookstore shelf if your topic is suddenly hot in the news. Luck plays such a tiny role in a writers' career - luck might get you published a few months earlier, or might l …more Don't listen to any of those authors. Maggie Stiefvater Don't listen to any of those authors.
Likewise, if he's outside chasing down a loose cow, I don't have to guess that it falls to me to make dinner.
I don't have to tell Lover I need him to make dinner while I work late he knows, because he's watching. They don't have to beg me to read a story to them in the evening - I can tell when that's what they'd like, and I'll put aside my writing for a half hour to do it. My kids don't need to be told to be quiet when I'm writing music - they know why I do it, and they'll sit quietly under the piano and watch. The Stiefvater household is a finely tuned machine made of people who love each other and respect what each member loves. I think it's an especially good lesson to learn because American culture shouts at women all the time - be guilty, it howls, for every moment spent away from home don't you remember your place do you want your children to be fed jello for dinner by an inept and unequal spouse? I've never forgotten that lesson: that I respected that my father liked his work and was good at it, and that I always felt loved and respected myself. The days away weren't the part that influenced our relationship: the days together were. Now, as an adult, I am still very close to my father. He was in the Navy, and I remember years when he would be gone for months at a time. Now, as an adu …more When I was a kid, I was a very close to my father. Maggie Stiefvater When I was a kid, I was a very close to my father.
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