Today’s Quin-Quote comes from Neil Gaiman. He once said, “Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.” The best journeys are the ones we take in our imaginations. The mind is its own universe…Explore it!
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Today’s Quin-Quote comes from the late, great Alan Rickman. His stirring words are, “The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.” Stories are necessary for more than recreation, they’re necessary for our sanity as a species. Listen to people’s stories, and tell your own! You’ll do the world a huge favor!
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08/24/2024 – Greetings one and all from Curious Penman! Happy Hour Café and Spilled In VA were held on Friday, August 23, 2024 at Jirani Coffeehouse at 9425 West St in Manassas VA at 4 pm and 6 pm respectively, and it went gangbusters!
Walt Wolfrham hosts Happy Hour Café, a discussion group for aspiring writers to meet and discuss work, accompanied by exercises to encourage creativity (Bring pen and paper). This month’s prompt was a book cover from a pulp series featuring the Spider.
Spilled Ink VA is an open mic venue for new and established writers to road test new material in front of a built-in audience. Curious Penman and the host of Happy Hour Café were among those in attendance. Much poetry was heard and enjoyed, with a couple of touching memoirs thrown in. Among the themes of these pieces were family secrets, growing up around celebrities, growing up female, and LGBTQ identity. Curious Penman read excerpts from an upcoming book in the Knight Shade series to be published later this year.
The next Happy Hour Café will be held at Jirani Coffeehouse on Friday, September 27, 2024 at 4 pm, and Spilled Ink VA will follow at 6 pm.
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Today’s Quin-Quote comes from Isaac Asimov, author of “I, Robot.” His best saying is “Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.” In other words, listen to and understand what’s in those science fiction stories, because they know what’s coming if we don’t!
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Today’s Quin-Quote comes from Rudyard Kipling, author of “The Jungle Book.” He once said, “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Stories have more value than we think, especially if they help us learn from our mistakes.
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Today’s Quin-Quote comes from Albert Einstein. He once said, “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” If you can imagine, the possibilities are infinite!
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Today’s Quin-Quote comes from Elie Wiesel. She said, “Some stories are true that never happened.” What matters is what we choose to believe. If it feels real, it is real!
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07/31/2024 ‑ Greetings one and all from Curious Penman. Today is the final day of Curious Penman’s Biobites. Beginning Friday, August 3, 2024, Curious Penman will feature famous quotes! Each week will bring Quin-Quotes, famous words that are the quintessence of wisdom from well-known authors, playwrights, poets, journalists, novelists, and essayists! Look for renowned rhetoric that inspires you!
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Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Faye Kellerman, born July 31, 1952.
Faye Marder Kellermanis an American writer of mystery novels, in particular the “Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus” series, as well as three nonseries books, The Quality of Mercy, Moon Music, and Straight into Darkness.
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Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Ann Brashares, born July 30, 1967.
Ann Brashares is an American young adult novelist. She is best known as the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.
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To check out “Poems in the Key of Carlin,” or to see what else Curious Penman has to offer, check out our Browse Books page.
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