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Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant. ~Edna Ferber, A Kind of Magic, 1963 Writers who feel Continue reading 7 Ways to Keep The Passion for the Writing Life
This post brought to you by Puppies vs. Babies. All opinions are 100% mine. Why didn’t I see this contest before? Puppies vs. Babies online contest. I could have sent in my picture of the cutest puppy ever born and easily Continue reading Puppies take the cuteness prize!
In November by Lisel Mueller : The Poetry Foundation
Writers are just people who have a whole lot on the inside that they need to get to the outside, with pen and paper as their preferred method of transport. Same with dancers, artists, and singers – all the same Continue reading Pen & Paper
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life Continue reading Hurling Words Into the Darkness
What I’m reading: Egg Rolls Love this poem by Denise Duhamel What I’m working on: some content articles…one for my friend’s new business and two I’m editing:Irish Gifts and Visit the Aran Islands and a lens I won and have Continue reading Misc. Monday Musings
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I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. Willa Cather, 1913 I have spent much of the past week and a half removing paper clutter from my file cabinets Continue reading the paper monster…