“All the time that I am making beds and doing dishes and driving to town for dancing shoes, I am telling myself stories.” Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson was born on December 14th, 1916, in San Francisco, California. Her family moved from California to Rochester, New York, during her senior year of high school. Jackson later… Read More December 14th – Shirley Jackson
“Don’t get it right, just get it written.” James Thurber, Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing And Writers, Humor and Himself James Grover Thurber was born December 8th, 1894, in Columbus, Ohio. When he was seven years old, his brother accidentally shot him in the eye with an arrow. His parents took him to a… Read More December 8th – James Thurber
No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you have learned something. It has done you good. Brenda Ueland Author Brenda Ueland was born October 24, 1891, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her father, an immigrant for Norway, was a… Read More October 24th – Brenda Ueland
Daily Inspirations for Writers and Readers 