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October 9, 2021
Becoming A Story Shaman: Unlock Your Creativity And End Writer’s Block for Good – by Marc Graham…
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
on The Creative Penn:
When you feel your creativity isn’t flowing easily, what do you do to get things moving again? Marc Graham shares tools and ideas for tapping into all your levels of consciousness to banish writers’ block forever.
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Tell me if this sounds familiar.
One minute you’re writing along, the Muse is singing, your characters are cooperating, and even the cat is giving you room to type your fast-flowing words.
The next moment,...
October 7, 2021
A Few Quotations On Books
Just found out last week was #BannedBooksWeek. I will try to find a post about the books that were banned BECAUSE WE NEED TO READ THEM ALL!
Until them, enjoy these quotes!
charles french words reading and writing
October 4, 2021
Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Truth About Uncle Tom
Really want to learn something? Go to Yecheilyah’s blog.
Uncle Tom has a legacy rich in racism and is a derogatory term applied to blacks who “sellout.” Sambo is also rich in racism and is a derogatory term. Historically, these two have been used interchangeably although they are not the same. These two are so intertwined in modern society and so incorporated into our language I am not sure they can ever be separated. It will be difficult to view them as anything other than name...
Smorgasbord Afternoon Video – Extraordinary animals doing human things….
This is soooo cool!
Slightly longer than usual but there are some amazing stories in this compilation..
The UNBELIEVABLEBackward Secrets.
How ’bout a little art today?
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September 30, 2021
LitHub: Sandra Cisneros on the Need for Dialogue With the Ones You Love
On today’s episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan talks to Sandra Cisneros about her new book, Martita, I Remember You, out now from Vintage.
From the episode:
Mitchell Kaplan: Let’s talk about dialogue. How does one approach that? Is there a solution? What would you like to see happen?
Sandra Cisneros: I would like to see that people dialogue with people they love, you know, beca...
September 22, 2021
Friday happy dance
Posting early so many get to see this!
In memory of Irving Berlin, born on this day in 1888.
Writers Write on: Isabel Allende’s Writing Process
Writers Write is a resource for writers. In this post, we share some of Isabel Allende’s writing process from her own words.
Isabel Allende is a Chilean writer, born 2 August 1942. She is famous for writing novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts. Her latest book is A Long Petal of the Sea.https://a7501a0f78633b3482eaa5ead63436e7.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
Allende, who is a nove...
September 7, 2021
Seems like only yesterday
Wow, lots of nostalgia here, but People sure did get “The Sexiest Man Alive” WRONG several times!
Friday happy dance
I’m sharing this early so there’s plenty of time to watch before Friday!
