"This is a difficult concept to grasp. Hemingway didn't know he was Ernest Hemingway when he was a young man. Faulkner didn't know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it's necessary"
— Pat Conroy (My Losing Season)
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Steinbeck on hard times
"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
— John Steinbeck (Travels With Charley: In Search of America)
— John Steinbeck (Travels With Charley: In Search of America)
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Hemingway on Faulkner
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use."
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Quotable quote- Faulkner
"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
— William Faulkner
— William Faulkner
Sunday, January 15, 2012
The Emerald Amulet avail. for sale at amazon now
J.P. Cunningham's novel, The Emerald Amulet, is now available in either trade paperback or Kindle version at amazon.com. ISBN 9781466392786. Publication date December 20th, 2011.
Amid the mystery of Colombia’s dense forest, two boys find that life can be far more challenging than it seems. Eduardo is the son of a maid working on the estate of a wealthy Irish immigrant. The estate owner’s son and Eduardo often play together. One day, playing in the forest, they discover a cave where an old woman presents an emerald amulet and explains its mystical powers. After an unfortunate accident, Eduardo survives the other boy and learns that the protective powers of the amulet are both his birthright and his shield. Throughout his young life, Eduardo struggles to discover what he is meant to be and do. Supported by the owner of the estate, he attends a university and prepares for a life of success and wealth. Later he decides that his love of learning is more important than pursuit of money and power. More than once, he faces life-threatening situations where the protective power of the amulet saves his life. Along the way, he learns how difficult some decisions can be, especially when one person’s life must be weighed against another’s. The author J.P. Cunningham weaves a tale where magic and reality blend, leaving the reader to wonder where one world begins and the other ends. The Emerald Amulet is, above all, a love story…a story about the unswerving loyalty of one young man to those he loves most.
Amid the mystery of Colombia’s dense forest, two boys find that life can be far more challenging than it seems. Eduardo is the son of a maid working on the estate of a wealthy Irish immigrant. The estate owner’s son and Eduardo often play together. One day, playing in the forest, they discover a cave where an old woman presents an emerald amulet and explains its mystical powers. After an unfortunate accident, Eduardo survives the other boy and learns that the protective powers of the amulet are both his birthright and his shield. Throughout his young life, Eduardo struggles to discover what he is meant to be and do. Supported by the owner of the estate, he attends a university and prepares for a life of success and wealth. Later he decides that his love of learning is more important than pursuit of money and power. More than once, he faces life-threatening situations where the protective power of the amulet saves his life. Along the way, he learns how difficult some decisions can be, especially when one person’s life must be weighed against another’s. The author J.P. Cunningham weaves a tale where magic and reality blend, leaving the reader to wonder where one world begins and the other ends. The Emerald Amulet is, above all, a love story…a story about the unswerving loyalty of one young man to those he loves most.
Friday, January 13, 2012
The Emerald Amulet by J.P. Cunningham published Dec. 20, 2011
The Emerald Amulet, a novel by J.P. Cunningham, was published December 20th, 2011. It is available for sale at amazon.com in trade paperback and soon in Kindle version.
The Emerald Amulet, ISBN number 9781466392786, set in Colombia, weaves a tale where magic and reality blend, leaving the reader to wonder where one world begins and the other ends. It is, above all, a love story...a story about the unswerving loyalty of one young man to those he loves the most.
The Emerald Amulet, ISBN number 9781466392786, set in Colombia, weaves a tale where magic and reality blend, leaving the reader to wonder where one world begins and the other ends. It is, above all, a love story...a story about the unswerving loyalty of one young man to those he loves the most.
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