by Susan Gabriel | Apr 5, 2011 | Nurturing Creativity, To Inspire, Writers and writing
According to Writer’s Almanac, Maya Angelou still writes on yellow legal pads. She said: I see a yellow pad, and my knees get weak, and I salivate. She also said: The writer has to take the most used, most familiar objects– nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs...
by Susan Gabriel | Jun 2, 2009 | Photographs, Seeking Sara Summers, Writers and writing
An internet friend of mine (and kind reader of my book) just got back from a wonderful vacation during which she visited some incredible bookstores. Anyone who loves writing, books and bookstores might appreciate these photographs. Let me know what you think...
by Susan Gabriel | Apr 7, 2009 | Life & family, Writers and writing
How often do you get one of those truly great ideas in life and you forget to write it down? So many good ideas, even epiphanies, come to us at inconvenient times: the middle of the night, the middle of a meeting, in the shower, or whenever. Our muse has a mind and a...
by Susan Gabriel | Jan 19, 2009 | To Inspire, Writers and writing
There’s a great article in the New York Times this morning by Michiko Kakutani that I thought I would pass on to you in case you haven’t seen it. It talks about Obama and books. Specifically, how Barack Obama’s love of language and reading has helped...
