He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy
He who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise.
William Blake
#RIPKrisKristofferson
Don’t know who of all my music friends need to hear this, but you don’t need a Grammy in order to ‘make it.’ You just have to recognize yourself as an artist doing something that no one else can do. And I think I’ve been doing this long enough to know!
My exciting 5-week #online#pitch#class starts again Tuesday 2/13 where 15 top #newspaper#magazine#editors open for new writers zoom in. The goal is to get #published by the end of the class. (Many students do!) Thanks for helping me spread the word.
In 2006, students from Xavier High School in NYC sent Kurt Vonnegut a series of letters asking him to visit their class. What he wrote back is one of the most inspiring things ever:
My exciting #zoom#writing#pitching#editor#class starts Wed 1/10 from 6-8 pm EST where you'll meet 16 top editors (from NYT, WashPost, LA Times, New Yorker, NY Mag, Atlantic, Esquire, Salon, Wired, Newsweek, CNN, Huff Post, Insider.) Thanks for helping me spread the word!
You can still sign up for the inspiring online #writing#publishing FREE #zoom talk I'm giving with my great @TL_Agency literary #agent@SWekstein (who sold 4 📚for me in 4 years!) this Monday 1/8 from 7-8 pm EST thanks to @Dlloydlevine@SWINY https://t.co/Z0gIX7lf6T
🩷 starting 2024 on front page of @washingtonpost health section. But crazy commenters: I did not write the headline for this - or the online version. And I am not coming to take away your #cannabis! Promise!
It's Willie Meighan's 6th anniversary today . If you knew the heart of the man, you knew , if you were sprinkled with his kindness & warmth ,you knew. He was the template. King of Kilkenny, no doubt ,there can be no dispute. Loved by many , missed . ✨️.