Month: September 2014

Write then – the fundamentals.

A post or two ago, I invited blog visitors to ask questions. It was a pretty open invitation and I was expecting questions about freelancing, money, the muse, balancing creativity and business, and a host of other tar pits that working writers (and whether you’re being paid or not, you’re working) have to contend with.  …

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John Hanley – Bringing History to Life

Everyone has heard one of those apocryphal stories about going on holiday, on the far side of the world, only to meet someone from your home town. My version of that was a happy coincidence, encountering author John Hanley online and then finding out he is based in Truro – just up the road from …

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Not Quite the Status Quo

Hello there,Thanks for stopping by.  We may or may not know one another – it’s even possible you found me by chance. Nonetheless, pull up a pew.Of late, in this blog, I’ve talked about the identity crisis writers can face – and the one that I experience on a regular basis. Apart from, perhaps, plays and …

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Harriet Hoult’s Language of Art

I’m fortunate to number one or two artists in the UK among my closest friends. While I’m definitely a visual learner, the language of art generally eludes me and the creative process using colour and form (unless it’s with words) is a mystery to me. Luckily, I recently met London based abstract artist, Harriet Hoult, who agreed to …

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