The Creative Writer is a book series published by J. D. Vine Publications. The books are anthologies of winning stories and poems from competitions J. D. Vine Publications runs. Every book has a featured author and featured poet. The first volume, The Creative Writer: A Lucky Man and Shatter with other stories and poems, was released in 2007. Its featured author is Lynda Myles and its featured poet is Elli Westmoreland. The second volume, The Creative Writer: Quaquay's Birthday & Uncharted Life with other stories and poems, was released in 2008. Its featured author is animatqua and its featured poet is Sally O'Quinn. The series is edited by Jared D. Vineyard.
Famous quotes containing the words creative writer, creative and/or writer:
“A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act. This becomes even more obvious when posterity gives its final verdict and sometimes rehabilitates forgotten artists.”
—Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)
“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life, specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown, and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back, turn back, you’ll die if you venture too far.”
—Erica Jong, U.S. author. In an essay in The Writer on Her Work, ch. 13 (1980)