Day 1

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Today was the first day of the year and I spent it listening to Moby Dick and knitting.

I have a bad cough that’s keeping me up all night, so I’m pretty tired but I had the urge to be creative so I surfed Pinterest, worked on the prose in Book 1 of my novel, and worked on knitting a scarf while listening to Herman Melville’s great whale tale. It is an inspiring read. I enjoy it very much. The classics just have a way with me that most modern day books do not. I don’t think that’s something to be proud of because this is the world I live currently live in. Reading current works help me to connect with now and the things we go through today as a collective. I think I do myself a bit if a disservice by limiting my literature to the classics. But reading is reading, and history repeats itself. The great books of the past hold universal themes so there’s still learning from them. Maybe it’s not so bad.

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Saschia Jayne Johnson is the author of Writer’s Quest: A Triptych. On her free time, she likes to be with her family outdoors and traveling. New England is her home and place of birth. When asked what she wants to teach the world she replied, "Don't stop searching. Too many times, in my old life, I put my search aside for more 'important matters.' I didn't realize it was the search that held what was most important; curiosity." Saschia works daily on improving her craft and at times can get down on herself, but her favorite morning mantra is "It's a new day." and that's what she strives to start with.

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