Category: Creativity
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The Writer’s Eye, Short story opps and more
I’m talking about observance, ideas and the special qualities that individual writers can bring to our sense and story making of this world. As regards writing, finding stories, I do not believe in waiting for the muse, life is out there, stories are everywhere. Creativity often comes about purely by the juxtaposition of material or…
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The Joy of Self-publishing and Creative Sparks
Today I’m talking to Diana Bletter on her blog about Putting Joy and Energy in Our Lives, specifically I wanted to share why self-publishing Housewife with a Half-Life – a heartwarming book I believe in – was a joyful and optimistic step and how I hope to maintain this joy and energy in my work…
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31 Days: When writing is at the heart of us we will not let it go
I’ve been blogging for the 31 days of January on creativity and mental resilience. I hope to explore this area in the future but this phase is at an end. To access the rest of the posts click here. The pencil scratching on the page, diaries for years and years, a notebook thrown further and…
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31 Days: Guest Post: The Benefits of Creative Pursuits – Feltmaking and More
One of the things I’ve been interested in doing in these 31 days is looking at what engagement in a creative pursuit can mean to an individual, how it can satisfy something within them or change how they see the world. While the focus on this blog is writing, I want to see how different…
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31 Days Guest Post by Fiona Melrose: Poetry performed Alchemy on My Prose
One of the wonderful things about my 31 days of blogging on mental and creative resilience is how I have made the acquaintance of new and interesting people who are finding ways to enhance their own creativity and are trying new things. One of these people is Fiona Melrose. She told me how attending a…
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31 Days: Guest Post Derek Flynn – When is a poem not a poem
This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. We’re looking here in the 31 Days posts at different aspects of creativity. I wanted to hear from…
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31 Days: Say what you want to be
This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. My dears, sometimes we feel fretful. For those whose drive to create is at the heart of them…
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31 Days: Finding Wordfire
This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. A busy day today so I have just time for a flying post. I saw a link this…
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31 Days: Guest Post: Photography – taking up a new creative pursuit
I promised you a writing exercise. It’s coming tomorrow and will be related to today’s post. I am very happy indeed to welcome to the blog, John Ivory, who I met through social media and have subsequently met in real life. John has recently been posting fabulous photographs on Facebook, they are of a tremendous…
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