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Cynthia Morris

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http://www.goodreads.com/CynthiaMorris

born

Toledo, Ohio, The United States

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female

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http://www.originalimpulse.com

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originalimpulse

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Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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Sylvia Beach

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Sometimes we just want to be left alone with a good book. As a girl, I was lucky – both of my parents worked outside the home. That meant many afternoons as a ‘latchkey’ child – and many happy hours alone with books.

Books expanded my small town Ohio world and gave me a rich experience of imagination and exploration. Beyond reading, I was drawn to catalogue my books. I kept a log of what I read and what I thought about them.

My local library saw me as a weekly visitor, schlepping stacks of books to and fro with dogged regularity. I still visit the library every week, as well as my local independent bookstore, The Tattered Cover.

These bookish inclinations rooted deep within me. I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I didn’t know that I wou...more

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Capturing My Summer Wow, without Mental Gymnastics

Launching the Capture the Wow Summer Scavenger Hunt has been exciting. We’ve got over 100 people playing and I hope to see at least 300 people playing the Scavenger Hunt this summer!

I’m learning a lot about what wows me, and also about how I react to insisting on more play in my life. Perhaps you’ve done some of this too:

set up a bunch of structured parameters to ensure I get it, for example,... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.91 · 53 ratings · 24 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	Chasing Sylvia Beach 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Create Your Writer's Life: A Guide To Writing With Joy And Ease 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Swimming Home

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Creative Lettering: Techniques & Tips from Top Artists

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The School of Essential Ingredients

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“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones