Writer's Remorse

Anais Nin is best remembered as a diarist, as well as a writer of erotica. By far, one of the most fascinating female literary figures, she has inspired many female writers, including myself. Like Nin, I have kept a journal from the time I was 11. Her diaries spanned decades until shortly before her death. Not only was she an author, but she was also a flamenco dancer, an actress, a psychoanalyst, and the lover of many prominent male authors of her time. She lived life with passion and fearlessness, like a true artist.

Here are my favorite quotes from this amazing author.

"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say."

"Creation which cannot express itself becomes madness."

"I write emotional algebra."

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As an addition to her great interview, Peggy Bechko shares her favourite writing quote, advice and online resource.

What advice would you give to aspiring writers?

Read and write constantly. If you can locate a great mentor that’s wonderful, but it’s a bonus.  Reading helpful books by other authors intended to help guide the newbie is good too, but remember not all their advice will be good for you. Learn to pick and choose from all that reading what really applies to you and your style.

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Links are ImportantA few years ago, a friend and I were each writing on our own blogs as religiously as we possibly could. And, everyday, when we checked out our Google Analytics, we were sorely disappointed in the hit counts. The comments we were received were equally disappointing- we would write each other comments pretty often, but unless I count my mysterious Chinese fan who would occasionally send me comments in either Mandarin or Cantonese (I don’t know the difference), neither one of us got very many other comments.

The reason was obvious- we weren’t taking the time to link to our articles. For whatever reason, we each thought that our small following of friends and acquaintances who would realistically check our blogs about once a month was enough to get us more hits. It wasn’t even close to enough.


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The method of writing has evolved faster than Madonna’s image over the past few decades.  From pen and paper, to typewriters, then electric typewriters and word processors until finally, the PC and laptop.  (Will we all be typing on virtual keyboards or tablet PCs in the future?)



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