by Eileen | Aug 29, 2022 | Writing prompts
Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. ― Saul Bellow, Herzog I don’t know what it is about plants growing in spaces that aren’t particularly hospitable to them, but it always makes me smile. Maybe it’s the unexpectedness such as...
by Eileen | Aug 22, 2022 | Writing prompts
One of the first obligations of art is to make all useful things beautiful. — Edith Wharton I love watching people create useful things. The care that can go into everything from making a loaf of bread to a piece of art. We tend to appreciate the art, but ignore...
by Eileen | Jul 24, 2022 | Writing prompts
When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best. – Willie Nelson Why does the open road prove to be such a successful muse? Why do so many of our best ideas come in the shower? Why does a long run, aimless walk, or a bike ride all alone through the trails...
by Eileen | Jul 17, 2022 | Writing prompts
To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, “Your next book will never be published,” would you still write it? If the answer is yes, the book is worth writing. — Markus Zusak We’d all like a sign from the gods...
by Eileen | Jul 10, 2022 | Writing prompts
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace – and what did...
by Eileen | Jul 3, 2022 | Writing prompts
Many people mistakenly think that a new technology cancels out an old one. — Judith Martin Bigger, better, faster, more. The latest upgrade. The most high tech materials. These are the modern era’s siren songs. Every leap in technology births announcements of an...
