“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly: “but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” — Lewis Carroll
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Posts Tagged ‘Writers’
Changing Every Day
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, Alice in Wonderland, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on August 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »
One Story, Many Versions
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, good and evil, storytelling, Thoughts, Writers, writing on August 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. . . . There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well—or ill?” ― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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Funny, True
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, confidence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on August 26, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“When I was younger, I knew nothing and had the confidence to prove it.” — Evan Robertson
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Predicting the Future
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, advice, creativity, curiosity, prognostication, Thoughts, Writers, writing on August 25, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“…I guess what I’d say is that the best way to predict the future is just observe very closely the present. So it’s close observation of what’s going on in at a moment. And it’s also, the other thing is being interested in the thing you’re interested in rather than the thing everybody’s talking about… that’s good because it means that it’s gonna be fresh and different.” — Michael Lewis
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True for Workouts & Writing
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on August 24, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Zero is the only amount that gives you
r bodynothing to build on.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger [strike-through added]
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While I Was Sleeping
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, #YesIt'sZombiesAndYesIt'sScary!, creativity, dreams, horror, six-word story, Writers, writing on August 15, 2026| 1 Comment »
I may have mentioned before that I had a transformative encounter with a scary movie as a child (and still don’t like Dutch Colonial architecture) and don’t enjoy horror. I don’t often read it or write it, at least not on purpose, but my sleeping mind sometimes forgets that.
I woke this morning with a six-word story in my head.
Go away! We buried you yesterday.
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Doing It Her Way
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, free fiction, literature, MacKenzie Scott, novels, publishing, Writers, writing on August 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Before MacKenzie Scott became one of the world’s most generous philanthropists, she was a novelist. Turns out she still is.
MacKenzie Scott has given away $26B. Now she’s releasing a novel—but you won’t find it on Amazon
Scott is releasing her new novel piece by piece, having dropped the title, epigraph, personae, and contents on Saturday, the prologue on Sunday, and the first chapter called “Monday” on Monday. It appears the entire novel will be out by Aug. 31.
Interestingly, the story is being serialized on Substack and is still being released, but this link takes you to the main page.
Start with the August 8th post, “Last Days in Two Nations.”
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Aurora Rising
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, #ThankACanadian, Auroras, awards, sci-fi, science fiction, Writers, writing on August 13, 2026| 1 Comment »
Well, this is cool. Robert J. Sawyer, who I believe is still Canada’s most decorated sci-fi author, just won the Aurora Award for Best Novel for The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine.
Sci-fi author Robert J. Sawyer among winners of the 2026 Aurora Awards | CBC Books
In the book, a starship crew and ex-convict Roscoe Koudoulian upload their digital consciousnesses into cyberspace as an asteroid is about to crash into the earth. While in the digital world, they come face to face with ghosts from their past — and learn that the existence of the human race could soon be destroyed.
I’m looking forward to reading this, and the rest of what looks to be a very promising slate of science fiction and fantasy!
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We Too
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, curiosity, inspiration, Thoughts, universe, Writers on August 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.” — Henri Matisse
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Inspiration is Everywhere
Posted in Entertainment, Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, designers, games, inspiration, Jimothy, Writers, writing on August 7, 2026| 1 Comment »
Maybe you’ve heard of Jimothy, the Seattle native and short-spined raccoon who has captured the hearts and minds of the internets, but if you haven’t, this critter has inspired creatives far and wide.
Art, tattoos and now a video game for Jimothy | KNKX Public Radio
That includes Chris Pirillo, a designer who has created not one, not two, not three, but four ! arcade-style video games starring the adorable little raccoon. If you need a bit of a break today, you can check them out here:
Jimothy: Every Free Game and Toy Starring Seattle’s Raccoon
Have fun, and remember, inspiration is everywhere!
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