Category: Short stories

A new Kick-Start course to encourage you to dive into your creative writing

Feb 23, 2026

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Pen

in creative cross-fertilisation, creativity, Short stories, value of the arts, Writing

I’m holding a new creative writing series of workshops soon. See the poster for details and booking. It’s for the usual eight weeks but this time I’m experimenting with a new afternoon time slot of 2.00-4.00 because some people asked for that alternative to the evening one. I’ve been reading some books on writing and…
‘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…
Tenderly caressing sentences

Jun 13, 2018

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Pen

in Common Good, david gillespie, John Clanchy, K.a. Nelson, Poetry books, psychopaths, Short stories

Three favourite books I’m always driven by curiosity and apart from work these past few weeks I’ve been spreading my brain too thinly across a vast variety of stimulating books. In the time it takes to write a blog I could have read another book or two. With so many fascinating books piled up –…

Category: Short stories

A new Kick-Start course to encourage you to dive into your creative writing

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

Tenderly caressing sentences