Monthly Archives: February 2014

Writers’ Wisdom

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Nikki Mascali Roarty

“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Wisdom

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Nikki Mascali Roarty

“The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.” Alain Robbe-Grillet NMM

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Writers’ Wisdom

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Nikki Mascali Roarty

“Wasn’t writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?” Ian McEwan NMM

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She, Frankenstein

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Nikki Mascali Roarty

A smile stitched together like Frankenstein’s monster greets her mirrored reflection.  The scars she doesn’t feel, not anymore and never again, are still red, unfaded, like fallen soldiers on a battlefield, blood oozing from every wound. The lip curls up, … Continue reading →

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Writers’ Wisdom

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Nikki Mascali Roarty

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” Jane Austen (As a lifelong lover of reading, I’m going to have to agree with you on this one, Ms. Austen.) … Continue reading →

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