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Precious Williams
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Read more of this blog post »I have, I think, become a lot more selective about the targets of this nuclear option in the critical armoury. On the whole, I believe, the primary victims should always be influential, powerful, famous; those authors acclaimed by conformists and encircled by flatterers. The last time I consciously unsheathed the hatchet was in response to the matching piles of narcissistic trash recently dump...
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Color Blind: A Memoir
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Precious
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Write What You Know: How to Write & Sell Your Personal Experiences
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This book must be read from beginning to end. To skim, or try to get a general sense of it will be to lose the power of his tone. He gives measured and specific advice not only on getting to the dreamspace, but his comforting words on dealing with...
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To be an artist means never to avert your eyes. — Akira Kurosawa (page 10)
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i was not a lovable child, and i'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult. draw a picture of my soul, and it'd be a scribble with fangs. gillian flynn sure does love writing about horrible people doing horrible things.and i sure do love reading about... " Read more of this review » |
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| Q&A with Prec...: Welcome! | 2 | 24 | May 31, 2010 08:36am | |
| The Write Vision: * Adoption | 12 | 14 | Feb 06, 2011 09:25pm | |
| Goodreads Authors...: * Author List | 2140 | 4766 | May 23, 2013 03:05pm |
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
“I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living.”
― Zora Neale Hurston
― Zora Neale Hurston
“Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
Q&A with Precious Williams
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Hey, Precious...WELCOME to goodreads...thanks for the invite into your circle of friends...CONGRATS on your writings and best of luck to you in the future...looking forward to sharing chats, reviews and any/all recommendations...have a blessed end of the week...and as always Happy Reading & Writing :-)
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