12 Quotes by A.L. Mengel

Art can certainly be time consuming, in more ways than one. For art which takes time to 'grow' on its eventual appreciators can certainly have taken equally as much, or more, time to 'grow' on the creators and warrant its creation.

Immortals were eternally youthful, despite the passage of years, sometimes decades; charismatic, with the ability to convince one who is unsuspecting to become infatuated with their gifts and powers; and malevolent, with doctrines that must be followed unequivocally, bringing swift and cruel justice for those who disobeyed.

An artist cannot take a break from promotion. Yet the importance of resting after creation reigns paramount.

I don't sit down and force words. I let them flow naturally. Makes for a much better story, I feel. Some days I write a couple hundred, others a couple thousand. There is no standard, and I still have an annual release.

National Novel Writing Month introduces the element of competition in book writing and achieving high word count goals, wheras #Writestorm adds the much needed element of encouragement to writing with short term creative goals.

You are your brand. You're really the product. Just be yourself. Market YOU. That's what people are really looking for. Someone to connect with. The product you offer - whether book, songs, etc...that becomes secondary. A bonus added to the connection.

You are your brand. You're really the product. Just be yourself. Market YOU. That's what people are really looking for. Someone to connect with. The product you offer - whether books, songs, etc...that becomes secondary. A bonus added to the connection. People want someone to follow. To look up to. To feel a connection with.

Cemeteries are like a giant library of stories.

I think it's a wonderful thing about a book: when the book gets "beat up" a little bit. From being read. And experienced. And living within the stories.