Tag: Winston Churchill

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…
Tearing sentences to pieces

Jun 20, 2017

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Pen

in Tim Ferriss, writers’ habits, Writing

Your worst fears According to Tim Ferriss, ‘the worst fears of contemporary men and women are getting fat and getting too many emails.’ Well, no wonder we’re all having anxiety attacks! The Slow Carb diet in Ferriss’ book The Four-Hour Body should solve the first problem and spending regular time unsubscribing from unnecessary emails will…
Inspiring Australians – deepening the heart (and sharpening the brain!)

Oct 26, 2015

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Pen

in Books

The Irish have a saying, ‘A good story deepens the heart.’ I borrowed it for the blurb of my new book, Inspiring Australians: The first fifty years of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (Australian Scholarly Publishers, October 2015.) Finishing it was, as I’d suspected it might be, like doing a PhD in one year.…