Words of wisdom from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s typewriter in the Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., augmented with a few extra for those of us who need them. May your 2018 be the best writing year yet! XO,Sarah and Tanita This work is copyrighted material. All opinions are those of… Read More »Happy New Year–and Happy Writing!
Over at the Wonderland blog we’re trying something out for the first half of the New Year: we’re going back to our Flickr-inspired fiction habit of the past, in which we write a story or poem or passage in response to an image provided from Flickr’s Creative Commons. (You can… Read More »Flicktion Tuesday Challenge #1: My Mother the Gorgon
You might notice it’s spruced up around here. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while (and I’m appalled at how much needs updating–it’s a long-term project for the next few weeks) and finally 2018 was the time. I’m saying goodbye to my old Aquafortis blog and hello to… Read More »New Paint Job
Synopsis: This was one of my “waiting on” titles of 2017—the His Dark Materials trilogy is one of my favorites (and one I wish I’d read as an actual young adult), and I’ve enjoyed other books by Pullman as well. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage is the first… Read More »Thursday Review: THE BOOK OF DUST by Philip Pullman
Hey, it’s November, and that means it’s National Novel Writing Month! As per usual for me lately, I don’t even have a wisp of a dream of a hope of participating–but that doesn’t mean I don’t LOVE NaNoWriMo. I’ve been a participant (and a completer) a handful of times in… Read More »Happy NaNoWriMo 2017!