One of the best things I've ever read. Ever.

"Sugar" writes an advice column over on The Daily Rumpus, and I've been going through the archive. This column, "Write Like a Motherfucker", is...well, it's true, and it's inspiring, and it's devastating, all at the same time.

Direct quote from the column:

"Writing is hard for every last one of us—straight white men included. Coal mining is harder. Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig."

I hope I'm able to write as well as her someday. That woman is amazing.

Linky to Excellent Thoughts on Procrastination

When I read this, all I could think was, Oh my god, this this this this this this this this to the moon and back. It is so incredibly, monumentally, inarguably true.

Writers and the Fear of Failure

I want to print out this whole blog post and make it a poster so that I can look at it every day, it is THAT applicable to me.