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I love this question. It pierces the heart of fear. It makes it irrelevant, focussing on possibility. When I first came across this question a few years back (in an excellent book by Lindsay Agness, on changing your life… Continue Reading →
On various creative writing programmes I’ve taken, the most oft quoted mantra is “show up”. This was quite frankly genius to the novice writer on her first course (taken in 2004), so simple, and so important. It’s not always that… Continue Reading →
The last 10 weeks have flown by in the company of some 20,000 others on Professor Bruce Holsinger’s watch. “Plagues, witches and wars” has been a wonderful experience, and I’ve achieved more than I set out to. Not only have… Continue Reading →
So, I’m studying this MOOC module on historical fiction, which has my brain zinging about in all directions. We’ve had a canter through the historical novel, and there have been some great seminars by authors of historical fiction. Each… Continue Reading →
Until a few weeks ago I hadn’t even heard of the term “MOOC”, let alone what the latest in acronyms stands for. Right now in Virginia, there’s a debate going on about whether they’re great or not…. Oh, you want… Continue Reading →
Last night I collected a prize for writing, adventures from our sailing activities. It could bring new opportunities. This, at the same time as having a knee injury, which seems to limit everything. Oh, how the Universe works. I am… Continue Reading →