An eclection of insights into the nature of writing and being a writer.Â
The magpie writer
Guilty as charged - I had a sense of recognition when I read this. Sometimes it feels less as if I have ideas for writing than that ideas accost me as I stroll about, catching my eye as a bright button might catch the magpie's eye. I pick them up off the street,...
Poems for my family 012 – Thomas
Listening time: under 4 minutes. A poet describes the driving force of his art, not one of fame, trophies and applause, but rather the 'common wages' of the secrets, loves and griefs of ordinary people, who may not even know or care about the poems being written for...
Journal of joy
A delightful definition of journals, by one of history's most assiduous journal writers. A quote to share at the start of a new year, when our resolutions are new-minted and still lustrous.  A journal, a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your...
An inviting writing table
As you know I have a penchant for places which foster the timeless absorption of concentrated reading or writing, or just looking out the window, thinking, or allowing your eye to roam across shelf-stretches of book spines to see if your inner-tuitive librarian...
All good publishers have a department of exceptions.
Gabriel Zaid – So Many Books
Key Performance Indicators (V)
This 16th century striking, simple verdict on the inaugural performance in Palladio's Teatro Olimpico could stand as an interesting test...
Something more pressing
Yes, you can find a thousand things more urgent than writing, or at least more insistent. Writing for this...
Shorter but longer
This pithy summary of the difference between prose and poetry is as much as Orlando gleans from the convoluted accounts...
How to strangle an author
The life and fate of Grossman's manuscript hung in the balance after being arrested by the authorities. He never knew...
Writers and the spirit of the age
This touches on the big question of how one retains one's independence while being a product of, or at least...
Four years old today!
Today is Shakespeare's birthday & ours! The WritingRedux literary ink-fest is 4 years old with 2000+ dazzling illustrated quotes, reviews...
Writing with one’s whole person
A lovely view of how writing can feel when you are in the full flow of it, writing from the...
The long history of the tablet
I like when ancient things reappear in modern contexts. At an airport, you can see dozens of people tapping away...
Poems for my family 012 – Thomas
Listening time: under 4 minutes.Â
A poet describes the driving force of his art, not one of fame, trophies...
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