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Monthly Archives: February 2015
What You Remember
When I was teaching in Dubai and my children were still in elementary school, I noticed how they referred to their teachers as being old. And when I asked how old they thought a teacher was, “old like maybe thirty,” … Continue reading
On This Cold And Snowy Morning!
I recently joined a few groups for fountain pen lovers on Facebook. Being a new member, I posted one of my old blog posts on one group’s wall to introduce myself. I was overwhelmed by their welcoming comments. It was … Continue reading
How Reliable Are They?
Helen Hanson said: “Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.” Have you seen the movie ‘The Muse’ directed by Albert Brooks, and starring Albert Brooks and Sharon Stone? It … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged author, book, creative writing, dreams, fiction, ideas, imagination, inspiration, library, novel, story, write, writer, writing
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Until You Learn How To Do It!
“How do you become a writer?” “You write.” Many a time we are told by our writing coaches, professors and other more experienced writers to write from the imagination, to write from inside, to write what we know. For our … Continue reading
Writing Gives Me Wings!
What makes a writer tick? Warren Kieffer writes: “If there were a recipe for creating an original, pleasurable, readable, saleable manuscript and getting the finished product sold and published, it might read something like this: one part idea, two parts … Continue reading
Fascinating Mechanics Of Writing
There is this common notion that a writer is always working, even when he/she is asleep. That’s when the subconscious mind takes over and after much shifting and rearranging images, ideas and scenes, sets the stage for the next day’s … Continue reading
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Tagged books, creative writing, fiction, ideas, life, literature, novel, reading, relationships, story, thoughts, work, writer, writing
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Mistakes! Mistakes!
I feel like I am in a kind of stupor lately. I have so many ideas and so many things to do that I don’t know where to start or how to begin. Julia Cameron says having too many ideas … Continue reading
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