Cult of Tarot Forum

The Hanson-Roberts was the fourth deck I ever bought, the first I got after leaving home as a teen. I fell in love with the characters on the cards as people, started giving them names, built up an entire fantasy world around them but never got to completing the novel and it's long since lost.

Has anyone else had a similar experience with a deck? Which one? What deck inspires you to write fiction the most?

I've mostly given up writing fiction these days (eyes can't cope with the monitor), but having a lovely haiku gift from the Jolanda Tarot yesterday really raised my spirits. Perfect inspiration for a children's book with the illustrations all ready to go...!

Pen wrote: ↑08 Feb 2021, 08:01 I've mostly given up writing fiction these days (eyes can't cope with the monitor), but having a lovely haiku gift from the Jolanda Tarot yesterday really raised my spirits. Perfect inspiration for a children's book with the illustrations all ready to go...!

Screens bother my eyes too these days (computer monitor, tablet or phone), I can do 10 or 20 minutes at a time, a couple of times a day. Too much and I get a headache.
(Long story, clumps in vitreous humor, can't really be fixed)

A while ago, I bought a manual typewriter, and it is *great*!
I type and send letters (my mother is thrilled that she can finally read again what I send her... My handwriting has deteriorated over the years, and was not great to begin with), and for longer emails or apps, I just type the whole thing on an a4 sheet folded in half (makes a handy size), take a picture and send that.

I have even, tentatively, started writing fiction again....

Not using tarot cards at the moment, although I might start doing that too!

I don't get headaches - with me it's a case of dry eyes that stream and sting when I've overdone the screen time. I do use tear drops a couple of times a day but they're not a solution as I tend to get carried away and overdo it. Slight vitreous problem too, but I can tune out the floaty things.

The typewriter is a good idea, it has made me think that another alternative would be to use the keyboard with the screen covered when simply writing (rather than needing to see it when formatting art for cards etc.). Then the doc could be printed out and corrected by hand.

m also interested in writing stories like you