The pen lies firmly between thumb and forefinger, The empty page awaits the uncertain stroke. A sigh, a glance – a dip to the pot and the alchemy begins. Pause now. A thesaurus is lifted and thumbed anew. Darting, glancing, and leafing through the lavish pages, The swish of rice paper whispers thoughts, to-ing and […]
This will resonate with everybody that writes; with every writer! A stroke of genius!
February 23, 2018 at 9:14 pm
“The alchemy begins…” sums it up perfectly for me. Writing feels like pure magic to me. Uh, when it’s working, of course. Nothing’s magic all the time. 🙂
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February 23, 2018 at 11:39 pm
So glad it resonates with you Cathleen. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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February 24, 2018 at 1:03 am
Very apt! Love writing! But it doesn’t always flow!
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February 24, 2018 at 8:08 am
I totally agree Jennifer! Some days it creates itself other days it’s needs numerous drafts! But I suppose that’s part of the challenge!
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February 25, 2018 at 3:48 am
Absolutely!
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February 25, 2018 at 2:47 pm
Great post Marie! I also wanted to let you know that I have nominated you for an award! I did tag you on it, but just in case that does not work this is the link for the post where I nominated you https://wordpress.com/post/fightmsdaily.com/6178!!!
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February 25, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Well done and thank you so much Alyssa, I feel very grateful that I rate up there with your top nominations! I will respond but as my earlier post ‘A blogger award…or not’ shows…it takes me a while!! Much love, Marie
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February 25, 2018 at 3:10 pm
Oh no worries! Please take your time, I know it takes a while! Of course you rate up there with my top blogger buddies, you are fantastic! And you are very welcome!!!!
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