Born in London on July 26, 1945, Helen Mirren won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II among other awards for her portrayal of the Queen on TV and in Movies. She wrote an autobiography called In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures published in 2007. Mirren was listed as one of the […]
Nineteen Eight-Four by George Orwell Published June 6, 1949
George Orwell is the pen name used by Eric Arthur Blair who was born on June 25, 1903 in British India. Orwell suffered from tuberculosis that was diagnosed in December of 1947 until he died in January, 1950. He believed that vague writing was a powerful tool of political manipulation and it could shape the […]
William Shakespeare Died 399 Years Ago Today
William Shakespeare’s birth date is unknown, but his baptism was on April 26, 1564. He was 53 when he died on April 23, 1616. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582. She was 26/27 years old and he was 18. She died 7 years after Shakespeare’s death. They had three children, Susanna in August 1583 and […]
Writing Quote by Brooke Warner
I often tell writers I work with, “Your book already knows what it wants to be,” and I believe that our calling to write the book we’re supposed to write is a whisper–something between intuition and following your inner calling. We receive these whispers all the time. Some of us ignore them or are so […]
Darwin Quotes
“I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection” “I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts & grinding out conclusions” “It’s not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” “The love for […]
Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” by Marcus Tullius Cicero Does your protagonist have a room without books?
Rollo May Quotes
Today, I opened a book at random and found the following quote by Rollo May: “The boundaries of our world shift under out feet and we tremble while waiting to see whether any new form will take the place of the lost boundary or whether we can create out of this chaos some new order.” […]