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Frederic S. Durbin
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Dear Friends: Many of you will recall that in thefirst entry onthis blog, I spoke of Tolkien's idea about roads:that the same path whichleads through Mirkwood and to the Lonely Mountain itself is theone that passes just outside the front doorstep of our hobbit holes; it's all connected. The journey to far-off lands begins by stepping out through our own front doors.
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Dragonfly
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The Star Shard
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Black Gate 15 - Spring 2011 (Black Gate Magazine, #15)
by John O’Neill, Vaughn Heppner, Harry Connolly (Goodreads Author) — published 2011 |
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The Best of Every Day Poets One
by Oonah V. Joslin (Goodreads Author), Constance Brewer , Nicholas Ozment (Goodreads Author) — published 2010 — 2 editions |
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“[A story like THE LORD OF THE RINGS] grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read, that has long ago been forgotten, descending into the deeps.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
― J.R.R. Tolkien
“[Marianne Moore's definition of genuine poetry] -- Imaginary gardens with real toads in them.”
― Marianne Moore
― Marianne Moore
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
― Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
― Samuel Johnson, Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
“Things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
“The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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To celebrate the release of his debut novel SEVEN PRINCES, author John R. Fultz will be answering questions about fantasy fiction, writing, and any ot...more
