Blog Posts by Susan Egner
Inspirations, thoughts by Minnesota author and flight attendant
“Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.”
Everything I see or hear makes me ask, why? What do I think about that? How do I relate?
I relate by writing a story that answers the question for me. The story always tells itself.
I love Sue Grafton’s reason: “I write because it’s all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by writing, whether the work is going well or I’m stuck in the hell of writer’s block, which I’m happy to report only occurs about once a day…”
Love this definition by Neil Gaiman:
“Fiction gives us empathy; it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing people through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.” Neil Gaiman