Double-Stacked Bookshelves

A new resolution halfway through the year... I recently discovered, through a great blog I stumbled across during the A-Z Challenge, the wonders of a Prompt Box (she'd posted about it recently).  Brilliant!  Why hadn't I thought of this?  I used prompts for years when I was teaching writing, but had never really applied them to myself.  Complete disconnect there...wow.  So I made one yesterday. This is my Prompt Box. I filled it with quotes, images, ideas, and things that inspire me.  Every time I pull a prompt out, I will replace it with a new inspiration.  Whatever I come across that speaks to me.  With this box, I will finally begin to write the way I should be writing...the way I want to be writing.  Every. Damn. Day.  For a minimum of ten minutes; more if I am on a roll! I might post some things.  Others I will not.  I believe, in this practice, I will find serenity, creativity, passion, and catharsis....

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and it's a way to share what you're loving in list form. The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! Today's topic is:  Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books .  I am a quote fanatic...even have a special notebook where I write my favorite quotes down.  Most of them are from books, so this is perfect! Here are my favorite quotes: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!  How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library." -- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "The only thing worse than a boy who hates you:  a boy who loves you" -- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak "They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made.  A true freak must be born" -- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn ...