Sheree BoydⓋ
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@ShereeBoyd
illustrator | children's book artist | textile design | volunteer shelter dog walker
Thanks @CardinalChito for the presentation of “Pope Francis says” @loyolapress at the @bambinogesu hospital! On the very first page Francis says “When I see a child like you, I feel so much hope in my heart” Next to it is a mirror in which the child sees his or her own reflection
“Tales of Misty Albion: British Knight Tales” (Child Roland and Other Knightly Tales) is a collection of traditional British folk tales retold by Ivan Malkovich, illustrated by Vladyslav Yerko.
My mom fell and broke her hip last week and I have spent the last seven days dealing with every part of the American health care system. The doctors and nurses at St Luke’s have been so kind, but her Medicare Advantage with @uhc has been obstinate.
The Temptation of Eve 🍎 Gislebertus of Autun, c.1120
Lee Child is the man behind the Jack Reacher series. He's sold more than 200 million books, and two of his books were adapted into movies starring Tom Cruise. How popular are his books? In the UK, his series has sold more copies than J.K Rowling did with Harry Potter on Amazon. So at this point, you basically can't talk about contemporary crime and thriller books without talking about Lee Child. This interview is all about how he wrote that Jack Reacher series. To the best of my knowledge, it's the deepest interview he's ever done about his writing process. Timestamps: 0:30 Writing stories in America 7:26 You don't need an outline 12:50 Writing one book per year 17:57 Why the 60s were so creative 18:56 The business of writing 23:05 The key to page-turner books 38:25 How to write good dialogue 43:15 Where to start / end a book 52:18 Writing a violent scene 56:56 Using clothes to reveal character 1:00:43 Why the UK has so many good writers I've shared the full conversation below. If you'd rather watch on YouTube, or listen on Apple / Spotify, check out the links in the first reply tweet. Enjoy!
There are 50 Rice's whales left alive on Earth. They live nowhere else but the Gulf of Mexico. The admin’s own scientists said *last year* oil & gas drilling would drive the species to extinction. Today, Trump's cabinet removed every protection standing between the oil industry and these animals’ deaths.
Alain de Botton has written ~17 books and runs the School of Life YouTube channel, which now has almost 10 million subscribers. And this is a rare interview for him. Some highlights: 1. A clear night sky is a challenge to everything we think we know. 2. If we really took on board what that night sky is telling us, we'd have to lie down and just question absolutely everything. 3. Writer's block is a conflict between shame and the desire for honesty. 4. The effect of mass media is to industrialize and commercialize our thinking, which leaves no room for the free thinker, the honest thinker, and the authentic thinker. 5. You've got to be attentive to your own sensations and thoughts. That's the real work of writing. 6. Every person is an incredible library of sensations but so often, particularly in the academic world, people think: “Let’s ignore ourselves as a source of data and find out what Cicero said, or what Socrates said, or what Michel Foucault said." 7. Writing can be revenge for the silenced person, which is why so many writers are meek in person but fierce on the page. 8. A work of art is the best thing you can do with your dislocation and distress, and sometimes, it’s even an alternative to losing your mind. 9. Emerson said: "In the minds of geniuses, we find our own neglected thoughts." 10. The thoughts of geniuses aren’t fundamentally different from others. It’s just that they’re able to put words to sensations we’ve long felt but couldn’t articulate. 11. Writing prompt: If there were no rules, if you couldn't fail, if no one was going to laugh, if you were going to be dead tomorrow, what would you actually do and say? How would you write, let's say? That's the thing you should write. I've shared the full conversation with Alain de Botton below. You can watch here or on YouTube, and listen on Apple or Spotify. You'll find the links in the reply tweets.
what a boring planet… no fairies, no elves, no mermaids, no dragons, no vampires, no ware wolves….. just bills, stress, gossip, and insufferable people
