Autumn Splendor

Yellow, mellow, ripened days,
Sheltered in a golden coating;
O'er the dreamy, listless haze,
White and dainty cloudlets floating;
Winking at the blushing trees,
And the sombre, furrowed fallow;
Smiling at the airy ease,
Of the southward flying swallow.
Sweet and smiling are thy ways,
Beauteous, golden Autumn days.

Will Carleton

I love that sun-warmed feeling, the beautiful blue sky, the flaming leaves of late September!

Writing Magic

I've been reading this book called Writing Magic by Gail Carson Levine, author of fabulous fairy-tale retellings such as Ella Enchanted, Fairest, The Two Princesses of Bamarre and others. The slim book featuring a hand with a pen writing Magic on some parchment with magical looking swirls on coming out of it holds lots of helpful tips for writing written in a practical but funny way. With a lot of writing exercises, advice and other such things broken down into subject chapters, it's a great help to any aspiring author!

Quote

"To read is to empower
To empower is to write
To write is to influence
To influence is to change
To change is to live."
-Jane Evershed