You Can Tell Writers By…What Inspires Them (Part One)
When I put out a call to my writer friends asking them to send me photos that expressed who they were as writers, I received such varied and fascinating responses that I couldn’t fit them all in one post. Today I want to write “Part One: What Inspires Us” (that’s right, there were so many great ideas that I’ve broken them into two posts!)
I’m inspired by a postcard sent to me by poet Don Colburn (you can see it at the top of this post). I love it not just because it reminds me to keep failing better, but also because the quote is by playwright Samuel Beckett, one of the most imaginative minds in theater.
Author Lisa Alber also keeps inspiration from one of her heroes nearby:
“I’ve had this memento hanging on my bulletin board since 2002, when I attended my first-ever writing workshop with NYT bestselling author, Elizabeth George. She was (is) one of my heroes. That workshop saw my first efforts at writing what would become KILMOON.”
And writer, editor and Oregon Writers Colony executive director Holly Franko reminds us that inspiration is also found outside the confines of our offices:
