It’s the one that I rescued from my boss’s desk. So it gives me even more than the usual pleasure to see it blooming.
African violets are really pretty easy once you figure out that they need to have water around their roots all the time and be fed regularly. I wish more things were this simple.
No matter how many books they sell on the topic, there is no formula for a fabulous novel, or memoir, or short story. There are elements that will surely help them along, but they have to be infused with a life beyond the words on the page.
Maybe those of us who write need to be willing to risk our hearts to give the tales their own breath.
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