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Geogami 4-piece suit for bed by Dutch Snurk is a bedding set printed with 3D origami artwork on both sides.
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Last year, Stephen Colbert became the first male named to Maxim’s annual Hot 100 list. But this year, despite having one of the top pouty hot...
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Literary Birthday - 6 March
Happy Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez, born 6 March 1927
Nine Writing Quotes
- It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
- Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.
- I don’t know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it’s true. We aren’t satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.
- The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
- Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
- What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
- Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
- Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.
- From the moment I wrote ‘Leaf Storm’ I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the only thing left for me to do was to try to be the best writer in the world.
Marquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist. He won the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best known for his novels One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. His works have popularised a literary style known as magic realism. He is now suffering from senile dementia and can no longer write.
by Amanda Patterson for Writers Write
Edgar + Jules = Bros
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- The Devourer: Each book is a snack for this kind of reader--but it doesn't mean that s/he won't enjoy each book just as much.
- The Lover: Books read by this kind of reader are read in hidden, stolen moments at the most unexpected times.
- The Slow Dancer: Books are a treat that this kind of reader savors. Slow and steady wins this reader's race, as his/her eyes take in and taste each and every word.
- The Addict: Books are a conquest to this kind of reader. S/he will buy more books than s/he can read, but s/he will ALWAYS have something to read.
- The Classic: Books of the past are a gift to this reader. Prose in the style of early contemporary authors, or stories written long ago, are favorites for this reader.
- The Die-Hard: Genres are a way of life for this reader. S/he finds a niche and sticks to it--veering from what s/he knows for short bursts of time.
- The Advocate: This reader is a lover of books. S/he is not just a reader, but an advocate of reading--hoping that the future will contain more readers.
- What kind of reader are you? Add on if you wish!
The real reason I haven’t switched to e-books…
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