Ned Hayes's Blog, page 166

“On the day we take the forest path to the deep stream...

“On the day we take the forest path to the deep stream beside the alder copse. There a plover calls in the deep woodsy stillness, and then a pair of martins dart across the over-grown path.” 

- from the novel Sinful Folk 

Someone asked me how I feel about writing fiction...

Someone asked me how I feel about writing fiction...:

warrenellis:

Okay. Someone asked me how I feel about writing fiction in a world that still needs actual activism and hands-on work to make life better. They said something similar to, “I get pulled away from writing fiction because I feel guilty for not making tangible benefit to the world….

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"Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies."

“Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.”

- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (via amillionlittlequotes)

bookpatrol:Let the Books Fall Where They May: Seattle Public...

bookpatrol:

Let the Books Fall Where They May: Seattle Public Library Breaks Book Domino Record

"When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people, not characters. A character is a..."

“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people, not characters. A character is a caricature.”

- Ernest Hemingway (via referenceforwriters)

The book trailer for SINFUL FOLK…. a wintry story of intrigue,...

The book trailer for SINFUL FOLK…. a wintry story of intrigue, mystery, danger, and lots and lots of snow.   Here’s a little preview of my new book coming from Campanile in 2013. 

"As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat’s shoulder and the..."

“As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat’s shoulder and the formidable stroke of 30 died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand. So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.”

- Ernest Hemingway  (via sdhanjal)

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The story of a perilous quest for a distant place… a...

The story of a perilous quest for a distant place… a monastery? A palace? Some place lost in time, and bereft of hope?   [One more wonderful Nikki McClure illustration for the forthcoming novel SINFUL FOLK]