inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
I have the longing that all writers have for new ears to pour my words into.—Alasdair MacLean Yesterday, I went to a railroad hobbyists open house and was mesmerized by the miniature lands they created to run their trains through. Continue reading Finer than Frog’s Hair
Like stones, words are laborious and unforgiving, and the fitting of them together, like the fitting of stones, demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill. Edmund Morrison Without a doubt writing is a skill and although this Continue reading Stone by Stone
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write. Pearl S. Buck Continue reading A Ream of Fresh Paper
Please write again soon. Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into others lives and I come back to my own with greater contentment. Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, ‘A Woman of Independent Means’ This weekend I Continue reading Writing Letters
I have a new recipe online. Pasta Arrabbiata. Add a spicy kick to your holiday table.Enjoy!Countess Arugula
An oldie but when it’s holiday time I always want to hear this song.
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. If all feels hopeless, if that famous ‘inspiration’ will not come, write. If you are a genius, you’ll make your own rules, but if Continue reading The Icy Challenge of the Paper
Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. ~Robert Frost Before I went on my mini-vacation I was writing but the poetry button seemed to be stuck. I was writing, editing, revising and Continue reading Do You Just Need A Vacation?
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.~ Catherine Drinker Bowen ~ Being in the restaurant business Continue reading Your Group of Friends