Felicity Aston: My Idol

After 59 days alone in Antarctica, solo explorer Felicity Aston finally made it to the other side. Her message: The most difficult part was winning the mental battle.

"I realized that the real (trick) of this would not be how strong I was or how much experience I had, it would literally be getting out of that tent." CNN

I think this is true of writing too - Once you believe you can do it, nothing can stop you!

Read the full article here First woman to cross Antarctic solo

Felicity reaches the end of her journey at Hercules Inlet on the Ronne Ice Shelf

A John Green Quote

I'm a quarter of the way through John Green's A Fault in our Stars and am loving it. It's such a moving book that I'm getting Goosebumbs just writing about it now!

So I thought I'd share with you a quote I found on his website http://johngreenbooks.com/ that's a unique answer to the question "Where do you get your ideas?"

"That’s where my books start, really. They begin at the intersection between people I’m imagining and questions that bug me."

Birds and Cables

Birds and Cables fabric by Raul

While researching crows for a short story I'm currently penning, I came across this wonderful artwork from the fabric designers at Spoonflower. It's a complete tangle of kites, wires and tied shoelaces of pairs of trainers, interspersed with birds. Really like it.

The Wisdom of Steve Jobs

 

I've just subscribed to www.dailylit.com - it's a fantastic website my husband found for me and they have over 800 free books which you can read online all at once or have bite-size bits sent to your phone or e-mail to read daily - so from The Wisdom of (Steve) Jobs by Steve Jobs, on the first day of my subscription I was sent the below quote which I just had to pass on to you:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”
-Stanford commencement speech, June 2005