Jack London (1876 - 1916)
Famous Works Include: The Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea-Wolf (1904), White Fang (1906), "To Build a Fire" (1908), and Martin Eden (1908).
Jack
London was a self-made millionaire as well as a socialist who
unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Oakland, California. A pioneer in
commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a
lucrative career exclusively from writing.
Quotes from Jack London:
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with the club."
"I
write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs
to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four
hundred acres to my magnificent estate."
"I write a thousand words every day."
Hope you've enjoyed this blast from the past from the February 2010 edition of the
WCWC!
- Anna H.
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