“A runner's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one step, one breath, one heartbeat at a time. It's the same for a writer ...”
C.J. Heck“A runner's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one step, one breath, one heartbeat at a time. It's the same for a writer ...”
C.J. Heck“I miss those childish days of long ago, when one day was as long as twenty are now ...”
C.J. Heck“When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad or angry?”
C.J. Heck“At this stage of my life, I've finally come to realize I've learned more from my children than they ever learned from me.”
C.J. Heck“We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and wanting out.”
C.J. Heck“A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...”
C.J. Heck“We all have an inner voice, our personal whisper from the universe. All we have to do is listen -- feel and sense it with an open heart. Sometimes it whispers of intuition or precognition. Other times, it whispers an awareness, a remembrance from another plane. Dare to listen. Dare to hear with your heart.”
C.J. Heck, Bits and Pieces: Short Stories from a Writer's Soul“Children have such an innocent view of their world and surroundings”
every thought is a garden full of wonder.