Category: Writing – tools of the trade

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

Feb 28, 2023

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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…
Envying Georges Simenon

Oct 27, 2018

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Pen

in Simenon, writers’ habits, Writing – tools of the trade

It’s been aeons since I wrote in this. I’ve been writing heaps, but not here. There have been paid writing and editing jobs plus rewriting a novel, ‘After She Left’, which will be published in May. And all this time I haven’t been able to get Simenon out of my mind. I haven’t even read…
My Little Brother Typewriter and Andrea Goldsmith’s Not Nostalgia

Jan 19, 2016

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Pen

in Andrea Goldsmith, Books, Writing, Writing – tools of the trade