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Belated seasons greetings………….😬
I haven’t written on my blog in so long, I’m am embarassed to confess it! In my defence, I had actually been working on my novel up until the pre-Christmas/post-Christmas madness. I have to say, I was not at all prepared for Christmas in the UK. Now, I am not for one moment saying that I…
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The Power Of Words
You may think I’m saying something here that has already been said a thousand times over, but it doesn’t make it any less true. Sometimes we need to hear them again…. Over the last 5 years over and over, I have seen in my own life, the power of words. Whether they be in their…
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When You Are Creatively Constipated …….Part 4 (and Final)
This is the last part of my ‘When You Are Creatively Constipated’ series. (Don’t be sad……. I’ll write others, I promise!) You wouldn’t know this, but all those activities fitted into an hour and a half long class. It was like stepping outside of time, it seemed so much longer – in a good way!…
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When You Are Creatively Constipated ………….Part 3
Hello again, welcome back! How is your day going? I hope you are finding these blog posts helpful! This next activity I found eye opening, as a newbie writer I hadn’t thought about making my character more interesting and alive by make their life a misery! Are you ready to get started? Let’s begin! Activity…
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When You Are Creatively Constipated ……….Part 2
How’s that blockage going?? This may not be news to you, this may be something that you’ve already heard of and used often. For me however, discovering  writing prompts  reignited the inspiration and my ideas ran freely! The writing class with John Lombard (as I have already said!) was fabulous and this next activity really…
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When You Are Creatively Constipated …………. Part 1
We’ve all been there, right?! Being a writer while also being a mother, (housekeeper, taxi driver, chef, nurse, umpire, hairdresser, blah, blah, blah) sadly means that I am time poor, not on the poverty line but I don’t have a lot of spare time to throw around. Being also an ‘all or nothing’ kind of…
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Your Story – Just Write It!
Hello! As I lay in bed last night thinking over the big step I’d taken – starting a blog, I chased sleep as much as I chased the thoughts that followed each other through my weary mind. I got to thinking about all the deep things that creep into your mind when you are supposed…
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Beginnings
Hello, You know those feelings you get when you’re sitting in the reception area waiting for a job interview? That’s me, right now. I am sitting here starting something I have talked about doing for so long. I don’t know how many times I have planned to start a blog (many!) and every time I…
Carrie Baker - The Growth Collective 