Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
I suppose most of you must have noticed by now that this blog, although titled ‘A Writer’s Blog’ doesn’t talk much about writing. In fact, most of the posts on this blog have been about tech-y stuff – software and what not. While I don’t believe that the software makes the creative person more creative, [...]
In the past couple of years, I have been fortunate enough to get the chance of reading the Dune series of novels. Written by Frank Herbert, the first book was published in 1965. And in 1966, the book won the Hugo Award and also the Nebula Award for Best Novel. A series of at least [...]
This is exactly what I mean by Dreaming Up the Good Stuff! Five dream discoveries Scientists believe that a nap can boost creative thought and help problem-solving. So what major breakthroughs in science and the arts have been made during sleep? The old adage “I’ll sleep on it” may have some truth in [From BBC [...]
An interesting article (Link posted below) caught my eye while doing my normal feed-reading routine! A Drive-Thru the Oddities of the English Language Check it out … am quoting some excerpts below: And these are (the best of) what I can come up with – signs, words and phrases that you might want to take [...]
Well, remember my earlier post about quitting smoking? Yeah! Well… guess what this post is all about, then? Am back to smoking – however, am not smoking all those many cigarettes as I used to before – but am back nevertheless…. Am not ashamed of this – but it is certainly something worth exploring …. [...]
As a writer you tend to see(k) stories all around you. And you would go to several lengths in order to get to those stories and to find out more about these stories in particular. Now, don’t get me wrong – I am not some kind of a person who thrives on gossip – it’s [...]
Inspiration is all over the place – but, sometimes, nothing manages to turn on the spark! This is what happens to us sometimes – and we tend to call it ‘Writer’s Block’ or something like that. Inspiration is all that we need to get us started. It makes us go from 0 to 100 in [...]
