Things that inspire me to write #10: The Queen Who Stole the Sky

January 19, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Apparently I have always harbored a weakness for really pretty clothes. One of my favorite books as child (after Cinderella for Obvious Reasons), The Queen Who Stole the Sky, is about a woman who cuts down the sky and turns it into a ball gown—her hem shimmering with golden stars and rose colored sunsets as she […]

Things that inspire me to write #13: Six-Word Memoirs

January 15, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

As much as I love J.R.R. Tolkien’s 30-page long descriptions of a dandelion leaf, there is something to be said about the short and concise. You can do a lot with a little and nowhere is that more obvious than in I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure. Every […]

Things that inspire me to write #20: Cinderella’s dress

January 8, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Even today, my heart beats a little faster whenever I get my hands on a copy of Cinderella. First I flip to the Fairy Fashion Intervention scene so that I can once again behold that dress, then it’s the picture of her Reunion with the prince (for obvious reasons), then her arrival at the ball, and […]

Things that inspire me to write #21: The Giving Tree

January 7, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s sweet, simple, a pretty accurate portrayal of what it means to be a parent and according to the inscription scrawled across my mom’s copy, The Giving Tree is the first book I ever read. Evidently Shel Silverstein‘s most well known publication set me off in the right direction, because not only do I still love to consume […]

Things that inspire me to write #22: Jonathan Livingston Seagull

January 7, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.” ― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull My bed creaks like an elderly cat. Constantly. It is very annoying–especially whenever I think about replacing it with one […]

Things that inspire me to write #25: Fairy Tales

January 4, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk…with Philip Pullman’s recent re-release of the Brothers Grimm, people are once again talking about the incredible power and endurance of fairly tales–and as someone who reads these same stories to a two year old on nightly basis, I can only agree. I don’t know […]