-
Join 4,140 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
My Links
Archives
- May 2024
- April 2020
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- September 2017
- August 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
Pages
Meta
Tag Archives: good
From Autumn To Spring
Why is it that every time I promise myself to look for all that’s good in situations and people around me I feel more depressed than ever? Yesterday I pledged to commit myself to forgetting all the negative and seeing … Continue reading
Rejection!
Rejection, or the “R” word, is the most dreaded word of a writer. It is so powerful that it can have a negative impact on the writer, so much so that some writers have great difficulty in handling it and … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged agent, Amazon, Amazon UK, author, book, books, character, creative writing, digital, e-book, emotions, English, feelings, fiction, good, internet, library, life, literature, living, market, movie, news, novel, online, plot, price, publishers, read, reading, rejection, sale, Saul Bellow, story, truth, words, world, writer, writers
13 Comments
No Place To Call Home
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas put forth a historic U.N. membership bid for an independent state of Palestine on Friday. The formal application drew applause in the assembly when the Palestinian leader raised the document at the podium during his speech … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Anton Chekhov, Arab world, brother, challenges, country, father, feeling, good, grandfather, grandparents, happy, hardship, history, home, hope, house, humanity, language, Lebanon, life, lost, membership, memory, Middle East, news, optimism, Palestinians, people, picture, refugees, remember, sad, student, truth, University, weather, wedding
6 Comments
The Voice Of Change
As you may all know by now, I like to start my day waking up early to read and have my coffee. I stopped reading the newspaper lately. I realized that on days I do not read the paper, I … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged advice, beauty, book, books, change, children, compassion, culture, e-book, Ernest Hemingway, ethics, film, future, good, Jersey Shore, John Grisham, Leo Tolstoy, life, movie, news, newspaper, noise, novel, people, read, reading, reality tv, script, speak, story, teenagers, tv, University, values, voice, words, writer, writing, young
5 Comments
As I Look Back
Is there anything as difficult as making up your mind when faced with a crisis? Arthur Miller wrote: “A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged action, Amazon, Amazon UK, anger, Arthur Miller, belief, challenge, challenges, chance, character, crisis, dream, dreams, ethics, evil, fate, good, happiness, honesty, human, idea, Joyce Carol Oates, lie, life, magic, mind, morality, parents, people, philosophy, quality, reaction, religion, society, thought, truth, walk, wish, world
Leave a comment
Career or Job?
Shirley Conran wrote: “The difference between a career and a job is that a job gets you nowhere. If you plan a career, then a job should be a step towards a definite goal – when you accept a job … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged author, book, books, born, career, careers, children, choice, civil war, courage, create, day, dream, family, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, goal, good, habits, heart, job, jobs, kids, life, mind, mother, people, read, reading, regret, sacrifice, teaching, teenagers, thoughts, today, tomorrow, trust, wisdom, writer, writing
Leave a comment
ChichiKir 