fiction – Aging with Grace

Writing Fiction

A Favorite Book Everything that is real was imagined first. The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams Rosamunde Pilcher, one of my favorite authors, captivates me with her meticulous attention to detail and compelling mature characters. Among her numerous works, “September” stands out as one of my favorites. I find myself returning to it for comfort and…

September 25, 2025

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Biography, Inspiration, writing

Books, character development, fiction, Margery Williams quote, re-writing, Rosamunde Pilcher, writing, writing fiction

Influence

I believe that, more than anything else, the grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps us from being writers. Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can’t write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Again and again throughout…

May 15, 2025

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Inspiration, Lifestyle, Social Commentary

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My Shadow

I have a little shadow that comes and goes with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Lewis Stevenson’s shadow seems harmless enough. A shadow can be something more complex as in, The Shadows of the Past”, the second chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s, The…

January 18, 2024

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Faith, Inspiration

Aging, careers, choices, consequences, fantasy, fiction, Inspiration, life, novels, regret, Robert Louis Stevenson quote, shadow-work