David J. Marsh

Award-winning author of The Confessions of Adam, @BoldVisionBooks 2019, facilitator Westside Writers Workshop, lit fic reader

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The serious writer, or any other artist for that matter, is a peculiar bird who has to find his way in his own time and who had better be left alone to do so.
- Walker Percy

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#amreading Colum McCann’s story, "Hunger Strike."
Here’s a sentence to read twice.
Dawn broke over the mountains and light gnawed the town into shape.

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There isn’t a story in the world that isn’t in part, at least, addressed to the past. - from Transatlantic by Colum McCann

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#amreading Colum McCann’s Transatlantic while awaiting his latest, The Twist. McCann brings it on every page.

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“Humility is the obverse side of confidence in God, whereas pride is the obverse side of confidence in self.” - John Baillie

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“I can think of no greater happiness than to be clear-sighted, and know the miracle when it happens. And I can think of no more real life than the adventurous, one of living and liking and exclaiming, the things of one’s own time.” - Robert Henri from The Art Spirit

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#amreading Robert Henri’s classic, The Art Spirit. Full of craft points for fiction writers. #fiction writers.

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Spent a couple hours this evening reading “Self-help,” by Lorrie Moore. It had been on my list a long time. Mercy. The craft, humor, and heft of these stories is staggering. #amreading #literaryfiction

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@NYPLRecommends Apierogon by Colum McCann was an amazing novel.

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@LukeWortley I’ve not muted you.

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#amreading Anthony Doerr’s latest novel, “Cloud Cuckoo Land.” This a writers novel, enthralling AND instructive. Don’t miss it!

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Thank you to Larry Wright for introducing me to the writings of Thomas Watson, the great puritan thinker. I am reading his work “The Great Gain of Godliness.” A nearly 350 year old text of immense relevance.

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Truly excellent advice from @JLDelbourgo no matter your career or creative endeavor!

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Thank you, @JLDelbourgo for your enduring support and guidance! Looking forward to another novel with @BoldVisionBooks! Thank you to @karenporter and George, and the BVB team’s continued investment in my work.

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But that’s the problem with age, isn’t it? You have the feeling, but not the dates. Find the dates, you lose the feeling. - “Thirteen Ways of Looking” Colum McCann

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“When I laid the foundations of the earth…the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy.” (Job 38)

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@amy_stuber_ I see O’Brien was already on the list. I’ll offer The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker.

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@amy_stuber_ A famous example is The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Great list being collected here!

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@Boondock60mm We’ll done, sir. Glad to see the production of another manuscript!

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One more local reading from my debut novel this year! Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, IN, Sunday, October 24th, 2PM. Hope to see you there! @ Plainfield | Guilford Township Public Library https://t.co/RosQxYAC4k