Caffeine, Quotes

The devil went down to Georgia

"Decaffeinated coffee is the devil's blend." - Unknown Author It's like you can read my mind... Today, we ran out of REAL coffee. Heads. Will. Roll. Oh--wait. It's my fault. *sticks hands in pockets and whistles* <333333333333333

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Coming clean

"The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes." - Agatha Christie Does the same hold true if we have a dishwasher? Please say yes... Hope you're having an amazing day. XOXOXO

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Sunny Afternoon

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.  Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.  Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." - Theodore Geisel I like vodka. It makes my brain cells… Continue reading Sunny Afternoon

Music, Quotes

Quotes about music

Last 'top 5' post of the week is dedicated to music. Writing, music, good liquor, food and friends. What can be better? The weekend! Happy Friday dumplings. xo After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.- Aldous Huxley Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. - Leonard Bernstein… Continue reading Quotes about music

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Quotes about books

Today's top 5 is all about books. Enjoy fellow bibliophiles! A room without books is like a body without a soul.- Marcus Tullius Cicero Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.- Charles W. Eliot A house without books is like… Continue reading Quotes about books

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Five quotes every writer can relate to

To start 2011 off with a little fun, here are 5 quotes every writer can relate to. In fact, this whole week will feature different 'top 5' themes. Your regularly scheduled snark will return next week at it's usual time. xo "Every writer I know has trouble writing." - Joseph Heller "All my best thoughts… Continue reading Five quotes every writer can relate to

Pictures worth a thousand words, Quotes

A writer is a gardner

  The ablest writer is only a gardener first, and then a cook:  his tasks are, carefully to select and cultivate his strongest and most nutritive thoughts; and when they are ripe, to dress them, wholesomely, and yet so that they may have a relish. - Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare My inner… Continue reading A writer is a gardner

Getting Started, Inspiration, Pictures worth a thousand words, Quotes, Writing

The down and out? Never!

(Repost) "My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see." -Joseph Conrad And in case that failed, I included a picture for all you 'visual' learners. You're welcome.

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Readers, please do the job for me.

  (repost) "Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me." -C.S. Lewis I am absolutely fantastically horrified that it has been implied that I've tried… Continue reading Readers, please do the job for me.