writing journal

writing progress, old books & art - she/her - current wip: contemporary lit/ modern romance novel about art history

[classicalcanvas]

The Promenade (1876) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

[sarahkatewrites]

worked on chapter 4 after a little pause, 15k total

[lionofchaeronea]

Woman Seated under the Willows, Claude Monet, 1880

[sarahkatewrites]

12k words total, added to outline

[leahgardner-art]

silver origami crane ✨ I had about 100 of these hanging from my bedroom ceiling when I was a kid. Second painting postpartum—Fern turned 10 weeks old on Sunday!

[sarahkatewrites]

The Story of Vermilion Red

This article traces the history of Vermilion, how it was used in the artist palette, and asks whether Cadmium Red is still the best modern a

[catherine-corelli]

MARCH POEM #1: AN OLD BARN

Series: XXIII: March Poems 7¼” x 6” oil on canvas

https://catcorellipainter.etsy.com/listing/1779359990

[sarahkatewrites]

Convent Thoughts

by Charles Allston Collins (1828 - 1873)

oil on canvas

[7pleiades7]

The Psyche Mirror (La Psyché) (1876) by Berthe Morisot (French, 1841 – 1895), oil on canvas, 65 cm (25.5 in) x 54 cm (21.2 in), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

[sarahkatewrites]

finished chapter 2 draft

8k words

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

hamlet’s “i did love you once” and ophelia’s “indeed, my lord, you did make me believe so” is such an underrated gut punch. it’s betrayal it’s heartbreak it’s vulnerability it’s so over. truly no one is doing it like shakespeare

[sarahkatewrites]

developed outline, continued first draft

4k words

[theodorafrompluto]

Laodamia (1878)

by George William Joy

[theodorafrompluto]

Elaine or The Lily Maid of Astolat (1870)

by Sophie Gengembre Anderson

[sarahkatewrites]

One of my favourite second hand finds. This hardback of Hamlet looks so unassuming from the cover but has a beautiful title page. The opening leaf was stamped by a school librarian on the 18th March 1929.

[sarahkatewrites]

I'm starting this blog as a way to document my writing progress!

I'm currently working on a contemporary fiction novel, centring around the study of art history.

I've taken inspiration from famous paintings where the subject has a story to tell. For instance, 'Ophelia' by John Everett Millais (1851-52). For me, this work evokes the often tragic life of Elizabeth Siddal, the model for the painting, who shivered in a bathtub of cold water whilst Millais got lost in his work.

My story draws on these dynamics in a modern setting, telling a love story whilst also showing a woman's search for autonomy and self confidence.