Category: Perseverance in writing

‘You are the author of your own life’ – creative writing workshops to write a bright new chapter

Feb 28, 2023

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Pen

in Living creatively, Penny Hanley’s Creative Writing course, Perseverance in writing, Short stories, Tim Ferriss, value of the arts, writers’ health, Writing – tools of the trade

Risk We tap into our creativity through play. The technique I use in my Kick-Start workshops is a key that smoothly unlocks a door to the side of your brain that’s much less used in our linear, left-brain-dominant society. Under the Neo-Liberal economic dogma dominating every aspect of society no matter which major party is…
Looking forward to hypothermia: another Irish winter

Oct 8, 2022

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Pen

in Eleanor Dark Foundation, Perseverance in writing, rural Ireland, writers’ habits

Eight winters I am about to fly into my eighth winter in a row, in less than three years. I’m a summer person. I’m a water baby, someone who loves swimming in rivers and the sea, in council pools and country dams, someone who loves walking warmed by the sunshine and cycling under balmy blue…
After She Left – Penelope’s adventure with the idea of patience

May 9, 2019

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Pen

in Impact Press, Perseverance in writing, Publishing industry, Ventura Press

At a quarter of a century between novels, and not for want of trying, I now have the authority to write about the value of patience and persistence. I wrote the first draft of my new novel After She Left over ten years ago. It was the creative component of a PhD. The theory component…

Category: Perseverance in writing

‘You are the author of your own life’ – creative writing workshops to write a bright new chapter

Looking forward to hypothermia: another Irish winter

After She Left – Penelope’s adventure with the idea of patience