Sleepy Poet Pillows

"Goodnight cerebellum, goodnight hippocampus, goodnight little neurons that jump to synapses, goodnight medulla, prefrontal cortex, with the pills that I take it won't be complex."

The Bookworm

Bookworm Sleepover

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

"First, I sent a rocket of a drive down the fairway, then I took the 7-iron, put that ball on the green...a hundred and eighty yards if it was an inch..."

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

The novel was printed and in the stores ... any minute now, the world would beat down his door.

Don Quichotte

A Poet

Heaven

"I wish you would actually sell one of these novels...all these returned manuscripts are giving me backaches!"

"Not now. I'm working on my children's book."

"Hey - I'd write a book, too, if I could find the time."

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"Would you mind taking a look at this collection of my poems? Your opinion would mean a lot."

Colin kept a notebook by his bed to write down any ideas he had during the night... "Genulph hyu donkey slapperthwaite."

"Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You've destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer."

'It began as The Great American Novel...but it finally sold as an infomercial.'

Writer Blinds Shakespeare in Shame.

'The editor told me my novel is very foresighted - I shall submit again in 2079!'

'I'm still working on my novel. In the meantime, and this is between you and me, I make ends meet by writing all those cat memes you see on Facebook.'

'Your novel has an up-to-the-moment breaking news quality. We intend to publish it in 2012.'

'My dad is pushing me to become an alpha male, but frankly, I'd rather be a poet...'

"Just thought I'd let you know that the stars are in the exact same configuration as when Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein'."

"I'm in here, rereading the great poets, myself among them."

The writer's world

"That's my novel."

'I figured if you liked the first paragraph I'd go ahead and finish the book.'

"I also have trouble sleeping. I don't understand why. No one I talk to seems to have any trouble falling asleep."

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