The purps of being a wallflower. In the last seven days I’ve had three really useful pieces of feedback. Okay, you could call them criticisms – as if that were necessarily a bad thing – but that wouldn’t do them justice or reveal their true value.Allow me to elaborate…I talked before about how writers largely exist …
Tag: magazine writing
GOAL!
Dressing like Benjamin Franklinhasn’t helped my prose. I’m a big fan of goal setting. When it’s done with focus, even the act of defining what is important to you (and understanding why) significantly increases your chances of achieving it. A simplified version of the process (let’s call it coaching on the go) runs like this: …
How to make a magazine – Part 2
So there we were in our own little world, with two heads full of ideas and the freedom to express them in our own publication.David and I had already realised that there were more things in heaven and earth to make fun of, so a name change was in order. Coincidentally, we also discovered that …
How to make a magazine – Part 1
Sometimes a ‘no’ can end up with a ‘yes’ you might never have imagined. Somewhere better.Years ago, I wrote an article combining modern astrology and the Tree of Life. In it, I sought to use established correspondences on the Tree as a way of re-interpreting and psychologically resolving some of the apparent conflicts. And yes, …
Life Writing – “A miss,” bawled Wanda.
Originally offered to one of those freebie magazines, given away outside London Underground stations.Once upon a time, I received some junk mail informing me that I’d had been selected at random (subject to status) to attend an exclusive Fab Holidayhomeshare Presentation. in the Centre of London. Enticed by the embossed possibility of a £1,000 prize …