It makes me giddy just thinking about it

Keywords: big magic , creativity , elizabeth gilbert , writing

[Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear”] is changing my life at the moment – as someone who has lost a bit of inspiration, of motivation, to write, with a demanding day job and other priorities. Elizabeth is reminding me of why it’s important to pursue your creative passions without fear or agenda, and without this, I wouldn’t be close to sitting in a coffee shop, writing this post, and thinking about what I love.

https://aprilinhk.com/2016/01/10/on-believing-in-magic

I’ve always been interested in the history of the everyday

Keywords: On Writing , featured . women writers

This made me curious about the origins of all forms of advertising for love. When? Where? How? Why?  What? As a historian by training, I have a keen awareness that very little in our world is truly new. Plus ca change, and all that. There was almost always an earlier iteration. And sure enough, it turned out there was, to a surprising and fascinating extent. 

http://booksbywomen.org/on-writing-matrimony-inc