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Robert Priest

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What kinds of things inspire you to write?
Robert Priest I've got a regular regimen of writing, so a lot of my inspiration comes from within the writing itself as I go along these days. When there is somethi…moreI've got a regular regimen of writing, so a lot of my inspiration comes from within the writing itself as I go along these days. When there is something exterior to that that inspires me it is often a news event or some other impressive event or person that I feel a need to comment on or in the case of people praise — in poems — as in my poems in the book Rosa Rose. Sometimes I get commissioned to write things and in that mode you could actually say that the idea of being paid inspires me.(less)
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Robert Priest I don't really get writers block. I can pretty much always write something—whether it's what I want to write or not is another issue. Usually breaks i…moreI don't really get writers block. I can pretty much always write something—whether it's what I want to write or not is another issue. Usually breaks in the writing process for me turn out to have been wise in hindsight.(less)
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Average rating: 4.26 · 171 ratings · 37 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
The Paper Sword (Spell Cros...
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I finally finished the whole trilogy! Yes, the Spell Crossed trilogy is complete. Book 2, Second Kiss and book 3 Missing Piece are now out and available. It's been a long haul, having worked on them for the past 15 years. Personally, it means I've followed through on a childhood commitment to write the kind of books I was reading them. Fantasy. I learned a lot along the way and a new appreciation Read more of this blog post »
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Robert Priest Robert Priest said: " Struggling with this book. Maybe halfway through. Forcing myself to continue. It just seems so obvious. And the cutesy little kid character so cliché and vomitus. Plus I feel the portrait of humanity here in is inaccurate in Darwinian terms. But none ...more "

 
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Robert Priest Robert Priest said: " Enjoying it so far but taking it slow. It's refreshing to read something that is non-chronologically written and not so locked into the whole Canadian literary fiction thing. W ...more "

 
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From my book previously feared darkness”
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“Everything before the written word was pre-text.

From my book previously feared darkness”
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“A fool will always find banana skins”
― Robert Priest, Blue Pyramids: New and Selected Poems
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“It is the curse of the competent―not to be called upon.”
― Robert Priest, Reading the Bible Backwards
tags: aphorism, competence, cynicism, meritocracy, micro-poetry, wit
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“That which yields is not always weak.”
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