Jan 4, 2020 | Non-Fiction |
Happy New Year and Happy Saturday! 🙂 I hope 2020 has treated you well so far. Today I will be sharing a quote with you, courtesy of acclaimed American author and Children’s and Young Adult book writer, Beverly Atlee Cleary. Beverly Cleary: Reading is Pleasure...
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Dec 9, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist known for his satirical works. Vanity Fair, which was one of his most popular novels, was the first novel published under his name. He published Vanity Fair in serial monthly parts, a method used by Charles...
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Sep 9, 2017 | Fiction, Writing |
Have you ever wondered about the depletion of a person’s creativity? If you’ve ever wondered what happens to your creativity over time, here’s what Maya Angelou has to say: You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Maya...
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Sep 2, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
William Wordsworth was a major English Poet who lived in the 18th Century. Â He was one of the key figures of the Romantic Movement in English literature. On writing, William Wordsworth said: Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart “The breathings of...
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Aug 26, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Judith “Judy” Krantz is a Jewish-American romance novelist. Â She is also the “third-largest-selling female novelist in history.” Some of her most popular books are Princess Daisy and Scruples. On writing, Judy Krantz says: Thousands of people...
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Aug 19, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
George Gordon Byron a.k.a Lord Byron was an English poet and major figure in the Romantic movement. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential English poets, some of his best-known works include Don Juan and She Walks in Beauty. In Don Juan,...
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Aug 12, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist who lived from 1815 – 1882, i.e. during the Victorian Era. Â Some of his most notable works include The Barsetshire novels, The Way We Live Now and Phineas Finn (the 2nd of the Palliser novels). Â Trollope was known for...
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