Ham&High Lit Fest Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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“My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.” ― Ilsa J. Bick, Ashes

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“Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!” ― Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome

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“(W)riters are often the worst judges of what they have written.” ― Stephen King, Just After Sunset

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“The novel cannot submit to authority.” ― Julian Gough, Juno & Juliet

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“[I]t's the child writer who has figured out, early on, that writing is about saving your soul.” ― Betsy Lerner, The Forest for the Trees

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“Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply.” ― Patti Smith, Just Kids