Review
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Flash Poem to Self: “Be confident, not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar:” On Writing, Cultivation, and Balancing Art/Mind.
Art, Author, Authors, Blogging, Culture, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, In Another Country: Novel, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, networking, nonfiction, novels, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, Review, rough draft, spiritual, spontaneous combustion, success, The Outsider, the writers life, writingartist, author, Book Blog, book blogger, bookblog, confidence, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, lifestyle, literary, literary agent, literature, meditation, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, muse, Novel, novelist, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, rough draft, self love, stream-of-consciousness, success, travel, work in progress, writers life, Writing
I will be confident — not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar. I will be, act, speak with intention. I will be finished, will shop my novel.
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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
Academia, Adventure, ancient mediterranean studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, asian studies, Blogging, comparative literature, Crete, Dissertation, education, English, essay, Europe, folklore, history, inspiration, Islamic History, literary nonfiction, literature, Middle East, Mizzou, Mythology, nonfiction, phd, philosophy, Poem, poet, Poetry, politics, recipe, Review, stream-of-consciousness, study abroad, the university of missouri, the writers life, Thesis, writingancient mediterranean studies, anthropologist, anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, classics, comparative literature, comparative studies, epic poetry, greece, greeks, hellas, homer, homeric, ilium, literary studies, literature, NaNoWriMo, novelist, poet, Poetry, poetry reading, trojan, troy, writing mistakes
Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
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Where Are You Going? An Interview with Quo Vadis: On Journaling, Travel, and Memoir.
On the art of journaling, note taking, and recording the world around you. These are my favorite notebooks for daily musings and painting.
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New York City and the Hunt for Turkish Shoes.
It was during my long and dusty sojourn in the Middle East, wandering collapsed, ruined villages, haggling through ancient markets that I first encountered the yemeni, or Turkish slipper. Now, i’m not the most fashion-driven or even fashionable guy, but the effortless, dare I say, timeless cool. Travelblogger and Novelist, Nicholas Andriani takes on fashion…
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Books, Brew & Merry Christmas (or whatever you’re up to) be it naughty or nice.
Adventure, Art, Author, Authors, Blogging, Book Blog, books, Confession, existentialist, memoir, NaNoWriMo, networking, publishing, Review, rough draft, sketch, spiritual, The Outsider, travelblogger, writingAdventure, adventure travel, amreading, amwriting, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, book, books, christmas, culture, healing, holidays, literature, make it happen, meditation, memoir, mind over matter, mindful, mindfulness, passion project, publishing, self help, self improvement, success, travel, travel writer, travel writing, wanderlust, write to heal, writer, Writing, yoga
Whether you’re downing books, brew, or both, I’m wishing your a wonderful holiday season and merry Christmas,
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 