Inspiration by mail

Ros_gift2Look what arrived in my mail today!  A few months ago, my multi-talented friend and fellow writer Ros, who blogs at Conversational Theology, did a Facebook meme offering a personal handmade gift to the first 5 people who commented.  Knowing her skills at all things crafty, I jumped at the offer — and am glad I did, after opening the package!  Enclosed were these two Moleskin notebooks — one lined, one unlined — which she personalized for me (in my favorite color) with prettied-up covers, fabric endpapers, pockets, and even handwritten quotes about writing tucked inside the pages.  

Among the quotes:

“However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.” —Jean Jacques Rousseau

“To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”  —Anne Rice

“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.” —Samuel Johnson

“Don’t get it right, just get it written!” —James Thurber

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Also inside was a note written on this beautiful notecard, from the Bodleian Library at Oxford (where she has studied), featuring Victorian children’s books.  How perfect!

Thanks, Ros, for such a thoughtful and personal gift.  Just the thing to inspire me to do a bit of writing as I head into the weekend!

20. November 2009 by Mindy
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