February 2012
10 posts
Killing Charlemagne: excerpt from Tender is the... →
killingcharlemagne:
They were still in the happier stage of love. They were full of brave illusions about each other, tremendous illusions, so that the communion of self with self seemed to be on a plane where no other human relations mattered. They both seemed to have arrived there with an extraordinary innocence as…
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, “Morris Lessmore” is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of...
January 2012
6 posts
“I get melancholy if I don’t [write]. I need the company of people who don’t...”
– William Trevor (via planb-becomeapirate)
“Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who want to...”
– John Green (via pagesofpen)
December 2011
9 posts
The Joy of Silence - New York Times →
From @annyorkyoga —
Around the same time, I noticed that those who part with $2,285 a night to stay in a cliff-top room at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur pay partly for the privilege of not having a TV in their rooms; the future of travel, I’m reliably told, lies in “black-hole resorts,” which charge high prices precisely because you can’t get online in their rooms.
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“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the...”
– Stephen King, “On Writing” (via planb-becomeapirate)
November 2011
6 posts
Never too soon to think ahead to 2012. →
“The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after...”
– Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 1
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
Coming Fall 2012
A writer’s retreat is southern Iowa.
A barn loft in southern Iowa for graduate students, authors and creative people to get away to work… a green, sustainable ranch retreat, far from noise, distractions, and close to major hubs.