Inspiration

As Woolf said

Virginia Woolf said that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she’s to write fiction. Here’s how I take it: For a woman to…

Morning’s here

My alarm goes off as it always does, and I wake up to my well-crafted routine: yet another week of working all day and reading…

What is a book to me?

When reading a novel, a short story, or a work of non-fiction, I don’t think about anything other than the story that…

An uncanny realisation

A few weeks ago I met with an old school friend. We had a lot to discuss about the last six years that had elapsed…

Persuasion

When it comes to classic novels, it’s a love or hate relationship. There’s no in-between, no neutrality. At least that’s what I thought.

What is—?

If it’s not sitting

at a typewriter, bleeding

Hold It Down

I sometimes read poetry, and often, I come across a poem that strikes me so hard that I have to save it, savour it, and share it.

One such poems, by Gina Myers, is Hold It Down.

Knowing Thyself

I came across this quote on Pinterest. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: I’m a Sylvia fan. I even have a separate…