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Joyce Carol Oates’s 7 Rules For Writing Joyce Carol Oates was born on 16 June 1938. Explore her 7 rules for writing and gain insights from one of America’s most acclaimed authors.

Bowie of the day #4 😜

‘A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.’ ~Walt Whitman Literary Birthday - 31 May - Walt Whitman

‘I like to draft to music because it gets me in the mood, but when I’m doing revisions, I need either silence or the white noise of a coffee shop. I suppose it comes down to two modes of thinking–my free, creative, broad strokes mode, and my more focused, analytical, craft mode.’ ~Rebecca F. Kuang Literary Birthday – 29 May – Rebecca F. Kuang

Miles Davis - Complete Friday Miles At Fillmore マイルス・デイヴィス屈指のライブ音源。最初ブートレグで出て、後に「ブートレグ・シリーズ」として公式化された。でもブートレグ時代の方がむしろ音質や音圧は良かった気がする。

Bowie of the day #1 bustin it wide open style

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan More than just colleagues and sharing the same birthday, Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan were partners both on screen and in real life. Although their marriage, which began in 1931, ended in divorce two years later, their friendship remained. They starred in only one film together, the romantic comedy The Moon’s Our Home (1936). [ Read more ]

A story in your head isn’t a story. It’s just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.’ ~Andy Weir Literary Birthday – 16 June – Andy Weir

Happy 100th Birthday

This photo of Marilyn Monroe, taken in October 1953 during a shoot for Look magazine, but it was never used. It became the cover of the 2017 book- The Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton H. Greene, 50 Sessions.

Bowie of the day #2 let’s scream

‘People like you must create. If you don’t create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.’ ~Maria Semple Literary Birthday – 21 May – Maria Semple

Happy Birthday to Megan Fox 🎂 Megan Fox turns 40 today!

bra of the day reveal?

Victoria Secret Rose bra?

Marilyn Monroe will be 100 today. Happy heavenly 100th Birthday Norma Jeane

‘I am, by nature, a planner. Most of my books to date have started with a chapter-by-chapter beat-by-beat breakdown that I’ve mostly followed all the way through. The one thing I don’t generally set is the very end of the book, trusting to the trajectory and momentum of the narrative to show me what the most satisfying ending should be.’ ~Adrian Tchaikovsky Literary Birthday – 14 June – Adrian Tchaikovsky

Marilyn Monroe 100th Anniversary And I said fly on my sweet angel Fly on through the sky Fly on my sweet, sweet angel Tomorrow I shall have you by my s ide For Marilyn on her 100th anniversary ❤️ [ Read more ]

On this day, 119 years ago, Sir Laurence Olivier was born

‘I don’t know where my ideas come from, but you know where they come to? My desk. And if I’m not there to greet them, they leave. Ass in the chair. Ass in the chair. That’s art.’ ~Julia Whelan Literary Birthday – 8 May – Julia Whelan