The Write Path: A Writer's Resource Page

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"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."
Henry Miller

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Anne Rice's new novel
"Vittorio the Vampire : New Tales of the Vampires" now at Amazon.com!

INDEX:
* Email Authors Directly
* My Own Writings
* Newsgroups
* A Writer's Library: Books For Writers
* Links For Writers

As she fell face down into the black muck of the mud-wrestling pit, her sweaty, three-hundred-pound opponent muttering soft curses in Latin on top of her, Sister Marie thought, "There is no doubt about it: the Pope has betrayed me!"
-- Richard J. Savastio Media, Pennsylvania
(from "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" compiled by Scott Rice)

Billy Blanks TAEBO - now at Amazon.com for less!!

" Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live. I could not live in any of the worlds offered to me -- the world of my parents, the world of war, the world of politics. I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I could breathe, reign, and recreate myself when destroyed by living. That, I believe, is the reason for every work of art.

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements. It is a materialization, an incarnation of his inner world. Then he hopes to attract others into it. He hopes to impose his particular vision and share it with others. And when the second stage is not reached, the brave artist continues nevertheless. The few moments of communion with the world are worth the pain, for it is a world for others, an inheritance for others, a gift to others in the end.

We also write to heighten our own awareness of life. We write to lure and enchant and console others. We write to serenade our lovers. We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection. We write, like Proust, to render all of it eternal, and to persuade ourselves that it is eternal. We write to be able to transcend our life, to reach beyond it. We write to teach ourselves to speak with others, to record the journey into the labyrinth. We write to expand our world when we feel strangled, or constricted, or lonely. We write as the birds sing, as the primitives dance their rituals. If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it. When I don't write, I feel my world shrinking. I feel I am in a prison. I feel I lose my fire and my color. It should be a necessity, as the sea needs to heave, and I call it breathing." (author unknown)

The power of imagination makes us infinite.
-- John Muir

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Email authors directly!
Here is what I have so far.....

* Jack L. Chalker jchalker@delphi.com (The Well of Souls series, The Dancing Gods series)
* Paul Haggis phaggis@earthlink.net (The man behind TV shows such as Due South, and EZ Streets)
* Quentin Tarantino ResDog1@aol.com (Screenwriter, "Reservoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction")
* Danielle Steele awsomed@aol.com
* Bill Welch Bill.Welch@Pressroom.com (USA TODAY reporter)
* Dr. Jack Van Impe jvimi@jvim.com (Biblical prophecy author)
* Ann Rule annier37@aol.com (Crime Novelist)
* Toni Morrison morrison@pucc.princeton.edu
* Nevada Barr NevadaBarr@compuserve.com (mystery novelist)
* Tom Clancy tomclancy@aol.com (Author of "Clear and Present Danger", " Patriot Games")
* The Cabinet of Dr. Casey - Horror Author E-Mail List

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his words.
-- Samuel Johnson

My Own Writings

In high school, I took a film class in which it was necessary to write a number of film critiques.
Please read them, enjoy them, comment on them or whatever!

Vertigo
DIVA
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver

Back in January 1996, I started college. This was after taking a few years after high school to work full-time and earn some money.
Money is important! Anyway, my sister (who is always telling me to write more short stories, etc.) told me to "write about my adventures at school".
Yeah, like school is just one big adventure.....
Well, I decided to give it a shot!
Here's what I came up with -- short story

I also wrote: Essay:The Sexual Motivation Behind The Vampire

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
-- Brian Aldiss

I have also compiled the following list of E-Mail discussion groups, in case you're interested in talking regularly to other writers.

CBW-L@TC.UMN.EDU Conference on Basic Writing

ENGL8156@GWUVM.GWU.EDU Creative Writing Sections 15 and 16

FICTION@LISTS.PSU.EDU Fiction Writing Workshop

NEOWRITE@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU Seminar: Writing Technologies

NOVELS-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU Novel Writing Workshop

POETRY-W@LISTS.PSU.EDU Poetry Writing Workshop

SCRIPT-W@LISTS.PSU.EDU Script/Play Writing Workshop

SCRNWRIT@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU Screen Writing Discussion List

WRITELAB@LISTS.PSU.EDU The Writing Lab

WRITGSIG@VM1.MCGILL.CA Writing Research Discussion List

WRITING@LISTS.PSU.EDU Writing Workshop Discussion list

WVUCWF-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU English Creative Writing Faculty

YAWRITE@LISTS.PSU.EDU The Children and Young Adult Writing List

Please let me know if any links are outdated!! Thanks!

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
-- Arthur Helps

On EBAY, an Internet auction site, I have the following items available for sale (auctions ending Sept. 8):
General Hospital MAURICE BENARD Cdn TV Guide!

Women of ALLY MCBEAL Canadian TV Guide! Feb99

DAWSON'S CREEK set of 4 CANADIAN TV Guides!!
as well as individual guides for KATIE , MICHELLE , JOSHUA , & JAMES

Star Trek: DEEP SPACE 9 set of 4 Cdn TVGuides
as well as individual guides for KIRA , SISKO , ODO , & QUARK

BUFFY the Vampire Slayer / SARAH Cdn TV Guide

And.... (auctions ending Sept. 13):
Canadian DAWSON's CREEK TV Guides - 4 covers!

Canadian PAIR of KATIE HOLMES TV Guides! HOT!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer's ANGEL/David Boreanaz Canadian TV Guide!

Canadian **BUFFY & ANGEL** TV Guide pair!! HOT!!

Go on to:
A Writer's Library: BOOKS FOR WRITERS

Writing Links

Library of Vampire Books

RAVEN2DOVE's Home Page
It's eclectic, hip, and well worth the trip!

RAVEN2DOVE's Entertainment Page: TV & Movies

Or try one of my other pages:

Vampire & Halloween Page

Elaine's MONSTER Download & Resource Page!
Games, browsers, utilities, screensavers/themes/sounds/graphics, educational/business/financial software, search engine info/tips, antivirus links, and so on....

The Craig Shrine
Page dedicated to "American Gothic" Production Assistant, Craig Edwards. Contains Quotes from Craig & Cast, Episode Anecdotes (behind-the-scenes stuff), AG jokes, and much more.

Elaine's AMERICAN GOTHIC Montage
Also dedicated to Shaun Cassidy's "American Gothic" television series. Contains fan poems/songs, pics, trivia, cast addresses, meanings behind the wardrobe and names, etc.

Email me: raven2dove@aol.com

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