Inspire Portal

Wisdom, Wellbeing and Writing for Conscious Creatives

Jo Malby (semi hiatus) Follow 15,819 7,627

Writer—health advocate—earth/human rights activist—traveller—artist—observer—journalist—poet—purveyor of love & lover of life with all its challenges, inc. CRPS

WriterJoMalby
WriterJoMalby avatar; Jo Malby (semi hiatus) @WriterJoMalby ·
10h 2044813828324548946

“Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them... The important thing is not to censor them. What they are talking about may not seem to have anything to do with what you as a writer are #writing about but it does.” ~ August Wilson

Reply on Twitter 2044813828324548946 Retweet on Twitter 2044813828324548946 1 Like on Twitter 2044813828324548946 4 Twitter 2044813828324548946
WriterJoMalby avatar; Jo Malby (semi hiatus) @WriterJoMalby ·
15 Apr 2044459493132513426

“Therefore, tell me:
what will engage you?
What will open the dark fields of your mind,
like a lover
at first touching?”

~ #MaryOliver // #Photography: “Dance of the White Dresses” by Eloise Capet #poetrymonth

Image for the Tweet beginning: “Therefore, tell me: what will engage Twitter feed image.
Reply on Twitter 2044459493132513426 Retweet on Twitter 2044459493132513426 2 Like on Twitter 2044459493132513426 18 Twitter 2044459493132513426
WriterJoMalby avatar; Jo Malby (semi hiatus) @WriterJoMalby ·
13 Apr 2043734715572666561

“You think, as you walk away from Le Cirque des Reves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of the circus. You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.” ~ Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

Reply on Twitter 2043734715572666561 Retweet on Twitter 2043734715572666561 1 Like on Twitter 2043734715572666561 8 Twitter 2043734715572666561
WriterJoMalby avatar; Jo Malby (semi hiatus) @WriterJoMalby ·
12 Apr 2043364275805175823

the evening sky
before darkness falls
— murmuration

~ Andō, @AndoMcDonnell // #Photography by David Smith /
Beautiful #Brighton prints → http://photosbydavid.org ❥

#haiku #micropoetry

Image for the Tweet beginning: the evening sky before darkness falls — Twitter feed image.
Reply on Twitter 2043364275805175823 Retweet on Twitter 2043364275805175823 5 Like on Twitter 2043364275805175823 19 Twitter 2043364275805175823
WriterJoMalby avatar; Jo Malby (semi hiatus) @WriterJoMalby ·
10 Apr 2042639495577674233

“Write toward that moment when your characters surprise you… when they are so real that readers will want to follow them—the whole Robert Frost no surprise for the #writer, no surprise for the reader thing… It has to be what’s organic to the characters.”

Image for twitter card

Ethan Joella — ADVICE TO WRITERS

How did you become a writer? I used to pass poems out to my teachers in second grade; I wrote a script for...

buff.ly
Reply on Twitter 2042639495577674233 Retweet on Twitter 2042639495577674233 3 Like on Twitter 2042639495577674233 6 Twitter 2042639495577674233
WriterJoMalby avatar; Jo Malby (semi hiatus) @WriterJoMalby ·
9 Apr 2042285166983315580

“The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out.”

~ #AnnieDillard // #Photography: ‘Atlantic Ocean’ by Artur Pastor

Image for the Tweet beginning: “The sea pronounces something, over Twitter feed image.
Reply on Twitter 2042285166983315580 Retweet on Twitter 2042285166983315580 5 Like on Twitter 2042285166983315580 17 Twitter 2042285166983315580
WriterJoMalby avatar; Jo Malby (semi hiatus) @WriterJoMalby ·
8 Apr 2041922778475991248

loose thread
the evening wind
untangles me

~ Nalini Shetty, Mumbai, India // #Photography: ‘Beach Sunset’ by Zarija Pavikevik / https://buff.ly/kzVMxTl #haiku #poetrymonth

Image for the Tweet beginning: loose thread
the evening wind untangles me ~ Twitter feed image.
Reply on Twitter 2041922778475991248 Retweet on Twitter 2041922778475991248 3 Like on Twitter 2041922778475991248 10 Twitter 2041922778475991248
Load More

The Alliance of Independent Authors

I’m a member of NFWU!