"I do want to get married. It's a nice idea. Though I think husbands are like tattoos--you should wait until you come across something you want on your body for the rest of your life instead of just wandering into a tattoo parlor on some idle Sunday and saying, 'I feel like I should have… Continue reading Quote of the day: I was told there’d be cake
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Quote of the day: Cooking 101
My great aunt is coming over today and we are going to spend HOURS cooking italian treats. Homemade cannoli's (shells and all) antipasta, infused olive oils and oh-yes, even Uncle Leo's famous chicken scarpariello. I've got my apron ready to go and the camera is charged up. You bet your sweet holiday rump there will… Continue reading Quote of the day: Cooking 101
Quote of the day: Instruments of precision
"I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place." -Steven Millhauser And on that bright note, HAPPY FRIDAY!
Words are things
"But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think."-Lord Byron If you're not getting any bites on your 300,000+ 'fiction novel' perhaps your words are falling a bit more like... a torrential downpour. Just a thought.
iPod time: It’s all over now, baby blue
Today I'll be locked inside a room writing until my eyes cross/bleed/fall-out. Hey, it could happen. Maybe. Anyway, this can only mean one thing... it's iPod time! Music and writing go hand in hand, and this is the first song that popped up on my shuffle, so I thought I'd share. It's just a segment… Continue reading iPod time: It’s all over now, baby blue
Write every single day of your life
"You must write every single day of your life…You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads….may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world." — Ray Bradbury… Continue reading Write every single day of your life
Quote of the day: for #NaNoWriMo
This quote is especially for those participating in this year's #NaNoWriMo. Happy writing everyone! "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Just remember to keep it in your pants after NaNo for a little while though. Your novel might be… Continue reading Quote of the day: for #NaNoWriMo
Quote of the day: Time is eternal
"Time is very slow for those who wait Very fast for those who are scared Very long for those who lament Very short for those who celebrate But for those who love, time is eternal" ~William Shakespeare This makes me ponder life. And this blog is strictly NOT about that kind of thing. It… Continue reading Quote of the day: Time is eternal
Trick-or-treat extended tweet!
Halloween is definitely one of my favorite holiday’s... EVER. It may have a little something to do with my love of all things mysterious and paranormal. Or it could just be my undying obsession with horror movies, pumpkins and things that go bump in the night. Either way, what’s not to love about dressing up… Continue reading Trick-or-treat extended tweet!
Sleep on your writing
"Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially." - A. Bronson Alcott This is good… Continue reading Sleep on your writing
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