My friend Stephanie Burgis, author Kat, Incorrigible (US), aka A Most Improper Magick (UK - I like the UK title and cover better, weirdo that I am, but I digress), did a guest blog post over at Fluttering Butterflies entitled "Jane Austen Taught Me About Love". Here's an excerpt:

I fell in love for the first time when I was eight years old. My dad ( Read more... )

The quote in the icon reads "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." It's one of the assured opinions of eighteenth-century author and pundit, Dr. Samuel Johnson.

On getting started, here's one from Jack London that I've read before, and that always cracks me up: "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it ( Read more... )

Another Sunday, another episode of quoteskimming; this time, it's the "baby steps" edition.

The movie What About Bob?, starring Bill Murray as a needy, panphobic patient named Bob and Richard Dreyfuss as his frazzled therapist, Dr. Leo Marvin, came out in 1991. In it, Dr. Marvin tries to help Bob overcome some of his many phobias by encouraging ( Read more... )