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Hang In There
“Success is a continuing process. Failure is a stoppage. The man who keeps moving and working does not fail.” Ray Bradbury What if you keep working and moving and writing and nothing seems to work for you, nothing changes in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, author, belief, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, diary, doubt, dreams, emotion, faith, feelings, fiction, French, happy, ideas, imagination, inspiration, language, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, poetry, publishing, story, success, thoughts, time, words, work, write, writer, writing
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You Begin With Words
“The theme of art is the theme of life itself.” Lawrence Durell Theme is topic, idea, or subject matter. It is merely a simple way of defining what you are writing about. When I think of ‘theme’ bad memories come … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, creative writing, dreams, easy, emotion, energy, English, essay, feelings, fiction, French, happy, high school, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, people, picture, poetry, sports, story, teacher, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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That One Great Novel
John Grisham, the internationally bestselling author whose books have been translated to forty languages, said once in an interview that he still wants to write that one great novel. Most authors when interviewed would voice with John Grisham. That’s because … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, art, author, blog, book, books, character, creative writing, desire, dreams, emotions, English, faith, feelings, fiction, French, heart, hope, ideas, John Grisham, language, library, life, literature, love, novel, people, post, reading, story, teacher, thoughts, truth, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Imagine
Are you a dreamer? Do you dream about your future? Do you wonder about your past? If you have the chance to live your life again how would you like it to be different? Well I do. I am a … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, believe, book, books, chance, country, culture, dream, e-book, English, experience, free, freedom, French, future, government, history, imagine, John Steinbeck, lawyer, library, life, literature, Mathematics, Middle East, past, people, person, problem, read, reading, religion, story, style, University, wish, world, writer, writing
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This Is Where It All Began
You might have read in my previous post that 1986 is a year of great significance to me. In the summer of that year my husband and I traveled to Rome, Venice and Paris. It was the most unforgettable trip … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, book, books, Cafe De Flore, desk, dream, dreams, e-book, editor, existentialism, existentialist, female writer, feminist, French, husband, interview, Jean Paul Sartre, Latin Quarters, literature, Luxembourg, memoirs, music, novel, Paris, philosophy, Picasso, poetry, Prix Goncourt, publishers, Rome, Salvador Dali, Simone De Beauvoir, Sorbonne, St. Germain, University, Venice, writer, writing
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Am I Missing Something?
I was born and raised in Lebanon and lived much of my life in Dubai. In 2006, when we moved to Canada, I vowed that I was not going to listen or watch news about the Middle East because it … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Amazon, Amazon UK, books, Canada, children, Dubai, e-book, education, Egypt, English, experience, family, father, French, journalist, language, Lebanon, Libya, life, literature, Middle East, Montreal, mother, Norman Mailer, opportunities, parents, Quebec, quotes, reader, reading, school, school boards, signs, story, teenagers, world, writing
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