I just found this on Pinterest (because where else would I be on a Saturday afternoon when I told myself I’d get some writing and editing finished), and I felt the urge to pick it apart a bit (because again, I’m supposed to be working).
‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you’ve imagined’ – Henry David Thoreau.
Continue reading “Talking the Talk (with Henry David Thoreau)”
As a person with aspirations of one day publishing a book rather than just drafting them, I spend about 60% of my time devising witty* dedications for the title pages of projects I have yet to finish.
Dedications are often slightly boring – ‘for [insert relative here]’ type messages, but occasionally they’re revealing, or hilarious, or heartbreaking. An internet (and personal) favourite is from Jenny Lawson‘s excellent book Let’s Pretend This Never Happened:
Alas, even with the drafts of 12 books on my hard drive and a further two in progress it’s unlikely I am ever going to have enough stuff published to warrant the number of dedications I’ve come up with, particularly given that many of them are for total strangers. So I thought I’d post some here. Continue reading “This One Goes Out To The One I Love”
12 Books in 12 Months 