A blog for all things reading, writing, and inspiration.Tumblr (3.0; @primingpages)http://primingpages.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8vncpxo5P1qgu5b6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30183467030http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30183467030Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:19:11 -0500libraries<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m016dfldGX1qbk0rto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30124886609http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30124886609Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:35:45 -0500bookslibraries<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nebelreich.tumblr.com/post/29646661378/had-i-really-succeeded-at-anything-else-i-might">nebelreich</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><span>“Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realised, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”</span></em></p> <p><strong>― J.K. Rowling</strong></p> </blockquote>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30113304039http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30113304039Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:19:15 -0500quotesinspiration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8vg8z338D1rc5zwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30057073437http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30057073437Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:31:04 -0500librariesbooks<p>I am going to try to stay away from Tumblr as well as I can this school year, which means, obviously, getting on here as little as possible. If anyone would be interested in maintaining this blog for me, send me a PM!</p>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30045560930http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30045560930Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:25:40 -0500psa<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Novels<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Poetry<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Horror<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Epic<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o5_500.jpg"/><br/> Bake<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o6_500.jpg"/><br/> Movies<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o7_500.jpg"/><br/> Memories<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o8_500.jpg"/><br/> Cook<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q79u1dP71qgu5b6o10_500.jpg"/><br/> Wisdom<br/><br/> <p><a href="http://bookporn.tumblr.com/post/29648629927/a-great-and-beautiful-way-to-organize-your" class="tumblr_blog">bookporn</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A great and beautiful way to organize your personal library. Fun and beautiful bookends by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KnobCreekMetalArts">Knob Creek Metal Arts</a>.</p></blockquote>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30045289659http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/30045289659Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:19:39 -0500this is so many levels of awesomebooks“By the end, you should be inside your character, actually operating from within somebody else, and knowing him pretty well, as that person knows himself or herself. You’re sort of a predator, an invader of people.”<br/><br/> - <em>William Trevor (via <a href="http://writingquotes.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">writingquotes</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29988452336http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29988452336Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:35:58 -0500writingquotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m87gj0zCQi1qbydk0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://booksdirect.tumblr.com/post/28743611094/i-do-things-like-get-in-a-taxi-and-say-the-library-and-s" class="tumblr_blog">booksdirect</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>“I do things like get in a taxi and say, ”The library, and step on it.’”</p></blockquote>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29976464392http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29976464392Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:08:56 -0500readinglibrariesquotes“Try any goddamn thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn’t, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.”<br/><br/> - <em>Stephen King (via <a href="http://writingquotes.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">writingquotes</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29920315660http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29920315660Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:37:19 -0500writingquotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6xqbe3vcv1qaobbko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29908583818http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29908583818Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:18:59 -0500inspirationquotes“Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ernest Hemingway (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://upperrubberboot.tumblr.com/">upperrubberboot</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29851021181http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29851021181Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:39:23 -0500quoteswriting“I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don’t want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don’t want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>James Michener</strong> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/">amandaonwriting</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29839168740http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29839168740Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:17:33 -0500quoteswritinginspiration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8b4p7zu5e1qkqlsoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://yesliketheteenagewitch.tumblr.com/post/28799166466/im-pretty-sure-my-bookshelf-is-the-prettiest">yesliketheteenagewitch</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m pretty sure my bookshelf is the prettiest, most interesting thing in our house.</p> </blockquote>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29782034709http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29782034709Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:40:08 -0500bookslibraries“What lasts in the reader’s mind is not the phrase but the effect the phrase created: laughter, tears, pain, joy. If the phrase is not affecting the reader, what’s it doing there? Make it do its job or cut it without mercy or remorse.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Isaac Asimov</strong> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/">amandaonwriting</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29769417149http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29769417149Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:20:26 -0500writingquotes“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”<br/><br/> - <em>Linus Pauling (via <a href="http://writingquotes.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">writingquotes</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29713349089http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29713349089Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:36:07 -0500writingquotesinspiration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7w9t6rTFE1rqpj57o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29702280479http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29702280479Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:17:45 -0500books“Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. You can not describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything.”<br/><br/> - <em>James Baldwin (via <a href="http://ahorton92.tumblr.com/">ahorton92</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29644453216http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29644453216Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:33:06 -0500quotes““There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft. “”<br/><br/> - <em><span>Jessamyn West</span> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scribblingsfromadreamer.tumblr.com/">scribblingsfromadreamer</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29632684456http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29632684456Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:11:52 -0500writingquotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8cxpvuAQU1qgu5b6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bookporn.tumblr.com/post/28868671512/from-a-bakery-in-london-norfolk-called" class="tumblr_blog">bookporn</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>From a bakery in London & Norfolk called Victoria’s Kitchen.</p> <div class="aboveUnitContent"> <div class="-cx-PRIVATE-fbTimelineText__featured">“More Book Cupcakes out of the kitchen this morning. These are for a lady celebrating her 60th Birthday, and feature some of the books that have shaped her life, including Christiano Ronlado’s autobiography and Chicken Licken! :)”</div> </div> <div class="photoUnit clearfix"> <div class="uiScaledImageContainer photoWrap"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/victoriaskitchen"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/victoriaskitchen">http://www.facebook.com/victoriaskitchen</a></a></div> </div></blockquote>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29574653162http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29574653162Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:33:04 -0500booksartsubmission““The scariest moment is always just before you start.””<br/><br/> - <em>Stephen King (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scribblingsfromadreamer.tumblr.com/">scribblingsfromadreamer</a>)</em>http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29562672817http://primingpages.tumblr.com/post/29562672817Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:15:43 -0500quotesinspiration