As the editor of a regional parenting magazine, I am inundated with requests for book and product reviews. But very rarely does something grab my attention as much as the press release for Fireflies: A Writer's Notebook.
Inspirational writer and teacher Coleen Murtagh Paratore wants to encourage writers of all ages, whether they are students, teachers or
parents. With her latest release, Fireflies:
A Writer’s Notebook (Little Pickle Press), she helps prove that if you can
dream it, you can write about it. In the introduction to the notebook, Paratore
reminisces about chasing fireflies in the dark during her childhood summers,
and says that . . . “ideas are just like fireflies. You never know when they
will flicker. That’s what makes writing so fascinating. Ideas surprise us the same
way fireflies spark and we must catch them, fast as we can, before they fly
away.”
I often get caught up in the cycle of either writing and editing fiction or writing magazine copy, and it can leave me feeling like both my energy and creativity are zapped when I'm under a tight deadline. I can honestly tell you my fingers are itching to pick this journal off my pile of typewritten article notes and have a little fun with these prompts.
Fireflies is full
of colorful design, writing prompts and inspirational quotes from other writers
such as Kate DiCamillo. There are sections where you can record emotions,
dreams, curiosities, top ten lists of your favorite things, traditions, birth
and deaths, hellos and goodbyes, and so much more. It makes a great gift for writers both young and old.
Fireflies: A Writer’s Notebook is available at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, and everywhere books are sold.
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