“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”— George Orwell
There is no authentic record of the date of his birth; however, the registry of his baptism, in a Catholic service at the Parish of St. Regius on 17 December 1770, survives. As children of that era were traditionally baptised the day after birth in the Catholic Rhine country, and it is known that Beethoven’s family and his teacher Johann Albrechtsberget celebrated his birthday on 16 December, most scholars accept 16 December 1770 as Beethoven’s date of birth.
16 December 1770 – 26 March 1827
Jane Austen was born on this day 16 December 1775, Steventon Rectory,
Hampshire, England.
Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)
Considered one of the finest American poets (and literary recluses), Dickinson wrote thousands of poems in her lifetime, though most were unpublished till after her death.
Walt Disney was born on this day.
December 5, 1901, Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat.’ And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and say, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.’
Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou.
An encouraging post!
Tasha Seegmiller Have you ever tried to quit writing? Promised everyone near and far that you were no longer going to keep being the schmuck who pounds the keyboard, willingly and knowingly sending out queries and synopses and manuscripts to those who will, for the most part, reject them? How long did you last? I’ve…
via Why Writing Can’t Be Easy — Writers In The Storm
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Born 30 November 1874, Blenheim Palace, United Kingdom.
AM Simpson 