Quotable Sundays

The universe is full of magical things. Patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

~Eden Phillpotts, 1862-1960

Quotable Sundays

"Here I sit in the presence of queens and heroes and magic. Yes, magic. It is only when we have grown too old that we fail to see that the Maker's world is swollen with magic - it hides in plain sight in music and water and even bumblebees"

Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten 

Writing Wednesday

Dragon Lore

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Once, so long ago, there was peace between the dragon race and the human race.

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They were known for their alliances and strong friendships between groups.

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But that peace was not to last.

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An age came where man misconceived the intentions of their allies.

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This dreadful mistake opened the door to the worst of the dragons to come out from the shadows.

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After leaving destruction all about, they slowly ebbed back into the shadows, waiting.

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They say that you can still see them in the old countries; the old cities echo with their cries and dreadful shadows.

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But the real question is, who has survived to the current era?

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless

SDG

Joy

Quotable Sundays

"A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest."

~C. S. Lewis

Quotable Sundays

"The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon." 
~Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

Quotable Sundays

I soon realized that a sudent of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: the most conscentious student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning.

~Northrop Frye, The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

Quotable Sundays

When you write fiction you are speaking with character and action, not about character and action.

~Flannery O'Connor, "The Nature and Aim of Fiction"