A Haiku in English
Nick Miller
Hi, I'm Nick Miller. I like to write things.
My debut novel, Isn't It Pretty To Think So?, is now available in paperback and e-book.
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My debut novel, Isn't It Pretty To Think So?, is now available in paperback and e-book.
Buy it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and other bookstores.
Follow @nickmiller
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A Case of You, Joni Mitchell
“If you want me, I’ll be in the bar” —Joni Mitchell
Jim Harrison
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It was May, a time of lilacs and shooting stars.She’s lived in my memory for sixty years.
Death steals everything except our stories.
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In Julie & Julia, Julie attempts to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s cookbook. Stanley Tucci plays Julia Child’s husband. Stanley Tucci, in real life, has published his own cookbook. Now I’m going to try to cook all of the recipes in his cookbook. Life imitating art imitating life imitating art imitating life. Nick & Stanley … coming soon?
I’m starting to believe—and I can feel it in my gut, my soul, and my heart—that … elephants have it all figured out.
Stephen King, On Writing
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Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don’t have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.
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The trick is to get it before it breaks. And then to nurture it … to protect it with everything you have. Because once it’s broken, it’ll never be the same. And that’s when compromises are made. That’s when people start to give up. But no one really realizes how important it is to keep it pure until after it’s broken. That’s why all these middle-aged married couples sit next to each other on the couch and stare at the TV. They are numb. They don’t care anymore. They can’t get hurt anymore, but they also can’t love anymore. It’s too sad for me to think about.
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Stephen King, On Writing
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I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction and poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose) someone will try to make you feel lousy about it.
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I see compound adjectives when people say them … on the radio, in person. Like, I see the hyphen; it flashes in my head. Weird. In other news, I cooked red snapper and asparagus tonight, and then, while enjoying a cheap bottle of red wine, read several of the letters you guys have been sending me. I’m really impressed. I will write back to each of you. Just give me time. Read my original post on letter writing.
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