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Three cups of hot steaming tea Three serious writers Three unpublished manuscripts Three glasses of cold chilled wine Three hours later Three writers laughing
Posted in Education, Life, People, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Friendship, humour, Manuscripts, Writers, Writers group, writing
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What happens to all those Christmas baubles?
Last year about this time I blogged about consumerism and Christmas. So here I go again. I don’t want to be a party dampener or a grouch but already I can feel the hype in the air, the frantic emotional space … Continue reading
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Tagged Baubles, Christmas, Christmas tree, consumerism, Decorations, Excess, Memories, Old and New, People, Throw away, writing
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Let’s talk about writing…endlessly
I’m smiling as I write this because I actually think that talking is much easier than writing and of course I love to talk about writing. Today I met a writer friend for a chat and coffee, she has just submitted … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Discussion, Drafting, Isolation, Novel writing, Process, Publishing, Support, Taking writing, writing
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‘Busy’…a boring excuse or a necessary diversion?
My sister wants to know why I haven’t posted any blogs this month. I’m sort of wondering that myself and to be honest I want to say that I’ve been busy (my sister will laugh when she reads this…we always … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life, Music, People, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Avoidance, Blogging, Business, Creativity, Excuses, Intellectual, Process, Visual, writing
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Amazing kids…
I have just read a couple of amazing emails written (to their grandparents who are overseas) by a six and a half-year old and nine-year old. Articulate, precise and full of genuine engagement and fun, these emails (not so long ago, would have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Education, Kids, Learning, reading, School, Survival, Trust, writing
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Do I have to be sad to write?
Sometimes I think that the only time I see life in clear perspective is when I’m sad or ‘doing it tough’. When I’m happy and carefree there seems to be little to write about. Perhaps it’s because when a person … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort, Diaries, Externalising, grief, Internalising, Sadness, Soothing, writing
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