Just finished re-reading an essay entitled “Writing Every Day,” by Walter Mosley, in the March/April 2007 issue of Poets & Writers.
Writing is a discipline. It is far too easy, when writing is not one’s primary source of income, to not write every day. Even if one is not moving towards writing as one’s primary vocation, if one has a novel inside of her waiting to be born, then one cannot put it off. Perhaps there is no biological clock ticking away, but one should think of writing in this way. Time is running out. So write, write, write….
About William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters
William Eric Waters is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, essayist, educator, criminal-justice scholar, and nonprofit executive. Writing as William E. Waters, he is the author of the epic poem Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass and three poetry collections: Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats, The Black Feminine Mystique, and The Black Blood of Poetry. Under the pen name Easy Waters, he is the author of the novel Streets of Rage and the short-story collection Conundrums: Stories of Law & Justice. His work explores Black history, race, law, punishment, institutional power, accountability, redemption, and resilience.
William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters 