“Writing isn’t generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us write because we can make a modest living, or even supplement our day jobs, doing…
Tonight’s the night: Troy Night Out!
Don’t forget to swing by tonight and check out our freshly-printed copies of a vintage book: How to Grow a Small Vegetable Garden. Visit 291 River St. between 5-8 to see how a book is made, and take home a free…
Thursday Quote: Advice on the Subject of Adverbs and Adjectives
“The adjective is the enemy of the noun.” Voltaire “As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out.” Mark Twain “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” Stephen King
Troy Night Out!
Come visit us at 291 River St. this Friday during Troy Night Out, between 5-8, and see how a book is made. The Troy Book Makers will be binding freshly-printed copies of a vintage book: How to Grow a Small Vegetable…
Thursday Quote: Kurt Vonnegut
“I guarantee you that no modern story scheme, even plotlessness, will give a reader genuine satisfaction, unless one of those old-fashioned plots is smuggled in somewhere. I don’t praise plots as accurate representations of life, but as ways of keeping…
Thursday Quote: Clarence Budington Kelland
“I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.” Clarence Budington Kelland
Thursday Quote: Ernest Hemingway (assisted by Joseph Hansen)
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the…
Thursday Quote: William Safire
Great Rules of Writing Do not put statements in the negative form. And don’t start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading…
Thursday Quote: Isaac Asimov
“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.” Isaac Asimov
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Hopefully you’ve enjoyed learning about young Irish-Americans from Troy, NY’s past (not to mention admiring their stylish mustaches). To learn more about those men, and many more, get a copy of Representative Young Irish-Americans of Troy, NY. Now put on your…