Louisa May Alcott HER Life, Letters, and Journals. EDITED BY EDNAH D. CHENEY BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1898 Copyright, 1889, By J. S. P. Alcott. INTRODUCTION. It is therefore impossible to understand Miss Alcott’s works fully without a knowledge of her own life and experiences. By inheritance and education she had rich and peculiar…
Month: September 2021
Autumn Equinox Is September 22 – What Is Autumn Equinox?& Myths about the Sun and Moon
In 2001, September 22 is Autumn Equinox or Autumn Solstice. There are two equinoxes — one is in September, and one in March. An equinox is when the times of night and day are about equal. After the Autumn Equinox, the days begin to get shorter, and after the Spring Equinox, the days begin to…
September Is Apple Pie Time and the Month When Johnny Appleseed Was Born
For a very long time, I have associated September with apples. During September, the weather begins to cool just a bit, and in most places, children return to school in September. Teachers are often associated with apples, and September is the month when teachers all across the USA are busy creating new bulletin boards and…
Why Does A Writer Need A Platform & Marketing Strategy?
Charlie Chaplin on Wall Street – Photo Taken in 1918 In 1918 Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks mounted the top of Federal Hall to petition people to buy War Bonds to support World War I. In the above photo, Chaplin Chaplin was standing on the shoulders of his friend and fellow actor Douglas Fairbanks. By…
Plan for Success: The Importance of Planning
“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. “Were do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’ “ When I am writing creatively, I prefer an…
Plow to the End of the Row – Finish What You Start
In another post, I share the Importance of Creating Lists for Beating Procrastination. Among other things, I share one of my To-Do Lists, which is in progress, at the time of this Blog Post. It is past 5:00 pm on the afternoon of 09.21.2001, and I have not been able to complete the task of…
Set Goals – Plan for Success
Hitch Your Wagon to the Stars – Ralph Waldo Emerson – Many, many years ago, I saw an illustration with a simple, crude stairway stretched toward heaven, and the words were inscribed: I Want! It may have been a William Blake illustration. I saw it at about the time that I was writing a thesis on him,…
Beat Procrastination – Make A List & Reward Yourself
You Can’t Build A Reputation On What You Are Going to Do – Henry Ford – Procrastination is a beast, and I deal with it daily. Among other people, it feasts off of BlockedCreatives. Procrastination may be a result of Fear or Perfectionism, or it might be caused by any number of emotional issue, but…
Let’s Allow Ourselves to Be Imperfect – Perfectionism Is An Enemy to the Creative
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life…. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway…
Take A Day to Clear Out Some of the Clutter in Your Life and Home
You have decided to start writing your memoir. Good for you. Memoir writing is great for several reasons. I recommend writing a memoir as a first step for every person who wants to write in any genre. Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women is autobiographical. It is largely a re-telling of her own memories But…