Will Brown
Will Brown
liars ruffian dignity
Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.
slavery destruction witness
Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery!
war thinking blood
I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.
type
I like many types of music and probably too many to mention here.
meaningful people stories
The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.
powerful children teenager
When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found it hard to read as much as I'd like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so.
children reading sleep
Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember.
writing long rejection
I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.
funny running baseball
Don't call 'em dogs. Dogs are loyal and they run after balls.
book fiction-novels perfect
I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected.
men envy
I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now.
girl dancing dozen
The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers.
girl boys thinking
Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls.
girl book believe
It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.