Famous author Corrie Ten Boom and Leonardo da Vinci were both born on 15 April.
Author Archives: A.M. Simpson
“if you simply try to tell the truth…you will…become original without ever having noticed it”
“if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.” ― C.S. Lewis, 1898…
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Hans Christian Andersen was born on this day.
2nd novel…
Even though I’m super stressed and distracted, I managed to write another 6 pages today, for my 2nd novel, got about 70 pages total now. Only about 200-300 more to go… Quote: Typewriter…
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To those who really like to study people . . .
34 Reasons to Stop Writing Forever
I am now 34 years old. To date, I have zero bestsellers to my name. Clearly it’s time to give up writing forever. I mean, what’s the point of dragging it out for another three or four d…
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My Harper Lee SparkNotes
Writing the SparkNotes for Go Set a Watchman. From the cover of Go Set a Watchman. ContextThe summer when I was eight, I read two books: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and To Kill a Mockingbird. My copy of Mockingbird was a cheap lilac paperback. Its cover featured the knot of a tree with a pocket watch and a… Read More »
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The Secret to Balancing Writing and Life
As writers we know the tricks to time management. We know we have to treat our writing as a job, not a hobby. We know we have to set boundaries between our work life and personal life. We know we’r…
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Learn from the mistakes of . . .
Learn from the mistakes of others, you can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
AM Simpson 