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Category: Inspiration and Motivation

Inspiration is everywhere, if you look. This is a selection of people, places, events, art, and music that motivate and inspire me. I hope you’ll feel the same.

Mary McLeod Bethune Lights the Way Even After Death

Black and white portrait of a Black woman sitting at an angle, one hand off camera, the other in her lap, She wears a white blouse under a colored jacket with white epulets and dark skirt

From poverty & ignorance she learned and improved her life. Then improved the lives of others. Mary McLeod Bethune lights the way even in death.

Published September 21, 2026
Categorized as History, Inspiration and Motivation, Strong Women Tagged african-american, black history, strong woman, teacher

Get Cozy with Your Creative Chaos

photograph of the pattern of color and light made inside a kalidescope

Velcro and Goodyear Tires were born from chaos. Lynette discusses 6 ways creatives can embrace mess, failure, and uncertainty to spark their next ideas.

Published September 14, 2026
Categorized as Creativity, Inspiration and Motivation Tagged chaos, create, creativity, how-to, Lynette M. Burrows

Poland’s Greatest Female War Hero, Disguised as a Man

Wanda standing in profile, wearing a uniform and looking to the reader's left

From WWI battlefields to Nazi resistance: Wanda Gertz, disguised herself as a man so she could join the fight. She became Poland’s greatest female war hero.

Published August 17, 2026
Categorized as Heroes and Heroines, History, Inspiration and Motivation, Strong Women Tagged female soldier, Lynette M. Burrows, resistance

7 Ways You Can Make Magic (Inspiration) Happen

Illustration has a pinkish red background with a purple border. The illustration is a black top hat with brim up and a black and silver magic wand resting across the opening from brim to brim. The text reads: For inspiration: wave the wand.

I’ve learned you don’t have to wait for an inspirational “aha!” moment. In this post, I’m sharing my top 7 ways to actively pursue inspiration.

Published August 10, 2026
Categorized as Creativity, How To's, Inspiration and Motivation Tagged creativity, how-to, Inspirations, Lynette M. Burrows

Inspiration from War and Resistance

Historic photo shows a street in Paris lined with citizens watching Germans march into their city, photo title: Western Campaign, France, Paris – Entry of German troops; PK 698

Sometimes a novelist research allows a writer to write what they don’t know. This is one source of inspiration for the first novel in the Fellowship Dystopia.

Published July 20, 2026
Categorized as About My Books, History, Inspired by People, Places & Things, My Soul to Keep, Strong Women Tagged resistance

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