On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent. Chuck Wendig My best day ever of writing was on the 8th of October, 2010 at Le Fontanelle near Siena in Italy. I sat on a lounger overlooking the Tuscan landscape. The sun shone on the vines and […]
Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a […]
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire. Ralph Waldo Emerson Writers write about the human condition. Love, lust, murder, hurt, hate, blessing, cursing, adventure, regret, dreams fulfilled, dreams dashed, tragedy, comedy — the whole gamut of human experience is available for a writer’s attention. Lots of my friends write […]
I’ve just finished a novel that scared me. Not in a horror movie/suspense/edge-of-the-cliff sort of way. It scared me because it’s about an issue that is important to me, and to many others. But it’s controversial. It’s controversial because it’s an issue people are polarised over. Grace is a seventeen year old girl who thinks […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 79: Don’t Say Maybe Say just a simple ‘Yes, I will’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Your word is enough. The Bible Maybe is such an open word. If I say maybe to someone they will hear yes. Maybe gives an out. It may or may not happen. Being on the […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 78: One Wild and Precious Life When I was four I wanted to be a teacher. When I was ten I wanted to be a writer. When I was fourteen I wanted to go to Norway. When I was seventeen I had no idea of what I wanted to be […]
100 Day Creative Challenge 77: Continuous Creation Our lives are continuous creations. We evolve and change as time goes by. If aren’t changing, we’re not growing. Where there’s no progress, there’s no growth. If there’s no growth, there’s no life. Environments void of change are eventually void of life. Andy Stanley When I finished university […]
100 Day Creative Challenge 76: Afraid Elizabeth Gilbert addresses fear in an extensive list of ways we may be afraid to live a more creative life in Big Magic. You’re afraid you have no talent. You’re afraid you’ll be rejected or criticized or ridiculed or misunderstood or—worst of all—ignored… You’re afraid somebody else already did it […]
100 Day Creative Challenge 75: Sing or Thud? Even when you love something, or someone, there are days when you feel less than enthusiastic, disappointed or inadequate. I’ve been writing for over ten years now and I’ve loved it, but I haven’t loved every minute! When you face rejection from publishers, take harsh, even valid […]
