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Tag Archives: creative
You Were One Hell Of A Cup
On two different days during the past week, an article about my late husband’s art and his paintings has been published in two different Armenian newspapers. The article refers to his work from the start in the little village of … Continue reading
Quirky Habits Of Writers
By now you are all probably familiar with my writing habits and my love affair with fountain pens. I write long hand, I love the smell of ink on plain white paper. My fountain pen is quite old and it … Continue reading
Write My Way Out
Today morning when I sat down at my desk to write, I stared at the blank page and nothing happened. I couldn’t think of anything to write. Usually I have more than one idea before I settle down to one. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, creative, fiction, ideas, literature, mind, teaching, words, write, writers, writers block, writing
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Writers May Suffer From Duck’s Disease
Toni Morrison wrote: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Do you agree with me that we are writers because at some point in our lives we … Continue reading
A Blank Page
The other day I had an email from my uncle saying that some of my articles on my blog made him remember things he thought he had completely forgotten. To be honest I even thought I had totally forgotten about … Continue reading
A Real Writer Will
Lately every time I sign in to my LinkedIn account I am confronted with the following advertisement: “Get a masters degree in creative writing within one year. Register for our online courses.” The internet, newspapers and magazines are full of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, article, artist, author, book, books, college, creative, creative writing, dreams, emotion, family, feelings, fiction, humor, ideas, imagination, internet, joy, learning, library, LinkedIn, literature, novel, poetry, publishing, reading, school, story, stress, style, success, teaching, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Set The Ripples Of Imagination
“I believe that any short story can become a novel, and any novel can be converted into a short story or into a poem.” Joyce Carol Oates A short story is not the same as a novel, and the two … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, ideas, imagination, inspiration, interview, language, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, poetry, publishing, short story, story, success, thoughts, time, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Stop Look Listen
A story – a tale, a narrative, an account, an anecdote. A short story – a tale, a fable, a novella, a parable. I love to read short stories. My all time favorites are: The Necklace- Guy de Maupassant The … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Chekhov, art, artist, author, blog, blogger, blogging, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, doubt, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, Guy de Maupassant, ideas, imagination, inspiration, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, Paris, poetry, publishing, short story, story, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Are We Artists
Blocks are to writers as Unidentified Flying Objects are to other cranks. This is the quote I came across in one of my notebooks that I leaf through once in a while. In my notebook there’s no mention of the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, blog, blogger, blogging, books, characters, computer, creative, creative writing, digital, digital world, doubt, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, ideas, imagination, inspiration, internet, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, PC, poetry, publishing, relationships, story, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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How Others Are Doing It
That’s the kind of thing writers always want to know. What other writers are doing. Do they have a writing habit? When do they write? How do they write? Tom Wolfe set himself a quota, ten pages a day, triple-spaced, … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, art, artist, author, blog, blogger, blogging, book, books, characters, computer, creative, creative writing, doubt, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, friends, ideas, imagination, inspiration, internet, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, PC, poetry, relationships, story, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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