It came--the impetus I needed. It came in the form of black leather, silver filigree and red stain. It came in 1023 pages with an inscription:
To my sister Michele, the next great myster writer. (Awww, I know!)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe is beautiful. It is heavy. It is dense. But it is beautiful. I have already sniffed the binding and felt the whisper-thin pages flutter through my fingers. I have perused the table of contents and salivated over works not read, drooled over those to read again.
Will this be one more excuse not to write, or a great motivator from the ultimate web spinner? That is up to me.
It is beautiful.
A great book always inspires me to write. Even watching a biography on TV of a great writer is good inspiration. Hope it helps!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
I do, too. Melissa & I visited Poe's house in Philadelphia last fall. That was inspirational, so I can only imagine how a full set of his actual works will inspire!
ReplyDeleteSounds like it will be a great inspiration, with a few moments to read along the way.
ReplyDeleteI hope so. And I have corrected my spelling mistake. It is kind of important to get your main word right! (In this case, impetus.)
ReplyDeleteYou sniffed the binding? LOL Now that IS excited!
ReplyDeleteAnything that wakes us up is good. Like a message from the past into the future - you are a time traveller talking to another time traveller...
ReplyDeleteDiane- You better believe it! I thought Saturdays were your day off?
ReplyDeleteJan- Ah, time travel. Now you're dipping into Alex's realm.
That's really cool!
ReplyDeleteThe problem I have with Poe is I stop to contemplate and interpret the smallest of sections. Sure, this is fun to do as I appreciate his unique and madenning brilliance. But this is also a time killer and I know I need to be writing.
ReplyDeleteStephen Tremp
Alex- I think so, too. And great timing for me.
ReplyDeleteStephen- I could see that. It seems to fit your personality, and I have that problem as well. Man, anything to avoid writing some days!
I don't post on Saturdays, but I try to get online and check out other posts. Of course, at the moment, I am now WAY behind on my to-do list...
ReplyDeleteDefinitely looks beautiful. I'm not posting today if that makes you feel better. I try to do it every day but I just have nothing to say today, so rather than boring people with another post I will just let them rest their eyes. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous! I was inspired by a National Geographic article once and now I have a tome of Herodotus beckoning me. He inspired Book #2!
ReplyDeleteI had that weight tome years ago in trade paperback format. Sadly, it succombed to the elements stored in a box in a damp basement and was laid to rest...
ReplyDeleteMy absolute favourite of Poe's tales is THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO :)) It's beautifully spooky and bizarre :) and the lines and dialogues are amazingly ambiguous.
ReplyDeleteSoak up Poe's brilliance & enjoy! The writing will come :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful book and beautiful inscription! Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteOh, have fun! I love an Edgar Allen Poe story!!
ReplyDeleteCorra :)
from the desk of a writer