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National iPod Day
National iPod Day
Today is the day Apple introduced the iPod into our lives. The iPod changed the way we listened to music and began a whole revolutionary way of downloading, streaming, purchasing and enjoying this .
Life of A Bastard by Damien Black (Book Review #306)
Life of a bastard is a book written about the life of Javier, an orphaned boy’s will to cope with all the moves and sufferings he encounters while being under American foster homes. Read More
National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
Fall has come and here we are celebrating Pumpkin Cheesecake day. Let’s not count the calories today and enjoy a beautiful cut of cheesecake today. After all, pumpkins aren’t just for carving and decorating right? Read More
National Dictionary Day
Celebrate today by learning a new word every day. This day was created in honor of Noah Webster’s birthday. It is set to emphasize the importance of learning and using the dictionary. Read More
Dialogue. by Keith Julius
Dialogue. by Keith Julius
It’s such an important part of writing a novel. And yet many people, particularly beginning authors, struggle with it. Read More
I of the Hurricane: Eating Up a Storm by Sema Gurun and Stephanie Rugoff
Kali developed I of the Hurricane over the course of years. She based it on her beloved dog Hurricane and their experiences living in Southern California. She kept an ongoing journal of the daily adventures of her pets, especially her most imaginative one, Hurricane. She included Hurricane’s day-to-day interactions with her other pets – namely, her dog named Prince and her two cats, Thunder and Lightning. Eventually, she pulled these sketches together in the form of a manuscript as she felt these stories were so amusing that she wanted to share them with others and spread the affection evidenced between humans and animals. When Kali died in 2012 she left that manuscript to her sister, Sema Gurun, and her friend, Stephanie Rugoff. Read More
National Train Your Brain Day
Beethoven – Love Letters of Great Men
Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us – I can live only wholly with you or not at all –
INSPIRATION by Dennis Scheel
INSPIRATION by Dennis Scheel
“Don’t annoy the Author, he/ she can put you in their book and kill you off.”– A phrase often used by the author posters or mugs.
This phrase got me thinking intensely about the ways writers as myself included get inspired in both good and bad ways.
I, for example, have used an ex to inspire a villain for my second book. And who doesn’t believe their ex is a demon, I actually wrote her into one.
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