writer life

  • 20 Books for Your October Reading List

    These are books for rainy windows, late-night reading, old ghosts, impossible loves, women who refuse to remain where they were placed, and the quiet feeling that perhaps you could become someone entirely different if you simply turned the page. 1. The Midnight Library — Matt Haig Between one moment and the next, Nora Seed finds…

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  • An Autumn Bucket List for the Romantically Melancholic

    Not everyone wants an autumn filled with pumpkin patches and matching pajamas. Some of us want foggy roads, old books, unanswered questions, handwritten letters, and perhaps one mildly irresponsible decision. Here’s a bucket list to get you started:  For the Romantic ☐ Write someone a letter you never intend to send☐ Watch the sunset somewhere…

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  • How to Collect Inspiration

    How to Collect Inspiration

    Inspiration has terrible timing. She never arrives when you’ve scheduled an afternoon to write. She doesn’t care that you’ve made coffee, lit a candle, or finally have an uninterrupted hour. Instead, she appears while you’re driving home,  standing in line at the grocery store, or halfway through dinner when someone says a sentence so beautiful…

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