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Shopping for the Bookworm: M is for Melville, Herman
Herman Melville Poster Print by Standard Designs. $23.21
What Are You Reading in January?
What is on your book list, as the new year begins? Are you binge-reading your way into 2017, or taking a break from a well-read 2016? I’m off to a slow start, mostly because I am writing a novella of my own. Here’s where I’m at so far…
Since 1st January, I’ve finished:
- Beautiful Boredom: Idleness and Feminine Self-Realization in the Victorian Novel by Lee Anna Maynard
- Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises by Lesley M. M. Blume
Hemingway and Friends
Ernest Hemingway, with Harold Loeb, Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Richardson (Hemingway), Donald Ogden Stewart, and Pat Guthrie
I’m currently reading:
- Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary by Bertrand M. Patenaude
- The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World’s Fair by Margaret Creighton
To be read by 31 January:
- Across an Untried Sea: Discovering Lives Hidden in the Shadow of Convention and Time by Julia Markus
Which book on your list do you most look forward to reading, and why?
Please share with me in the comments!
[Mae’s Writing Days] Scrivener, Show Me What You’ve Got!
I caved and bought Scrivener. I hope my novella thanks me.
The Letter by Alfred Stevens
I’m Currently Reading…
… (among other books):
My current read
Daily Diversion #366: Reading for a Cold Winter’s Day
I love the Internet, but getting book catalogues in the mail never gets old!
Daedalus Books
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: Simone de Beauvoir/Katherine Mansfield
Simone de Beauvoir was born on 9 January 1908:
Simone de Beauvoir
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in.”-Katherine Mansfield (died on 9 January 1923)
Daily Diversion #365: One Line a Day
Even though I’m a writer, I’m horrible at keeping a journal. I want to go back and edit my work, which defeats the purpose of keeping a diary. It doesn’t take long for my perfectionism to turn into frustration. I’m sure you can guess what always happens next.
This one line a day journal is perfect for me, though. It’s practical, low-pressure, and pretty. I call that a win!
One Line a Day
Heigh-Ho, January! Sane (and Fun) Writing Goals for the New Year
This is one of the first pieces that I wrote for ASPL, five years ago.
January, although frigid and dreary, has a few compensatory gifts up its wintry sleeve that no other month can offer: a chance to rewind the clock to start, a vague idea that anything is possible, and a sense of euphoria that can only be found when the year is in its first blush. Although these feelings naturally fade as the temperature rises, you should be able to use this energy all year-long. The goals I have in mind aren’t tauntingly out of reach, nor must they be broken down into a dozen discouraging steps; they could just as easily be called Life Skills for Writers.
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Gertrude Stein on Loafing
“It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.”-Gertrude Stein
After three years of “loafing” (researching, living, philosophizing, and planning things in my head), I started writing my first book today.
Wish me luck!
Here’s to a creative 2017 for us all.
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