Save money and make a difference by GOING PURPLE
Save money and make a difference by GOING PURPLE
In 2002 I returned from Shanghai (China) to embark on writing my first book. I decided that I could afford to take six months out of the Rat-Race to follow my passion and begin my journey of writing, seriously...
A great deal of rain and therefore water has rolled under the bridge. I have weathered tyrants and tears and I have even asked myself many times what motivates me to carry on...
It is challenging to admit some of my greatest motivations have come from being told I shouldn’t, I couldn’t, and I wouldn’t. No names. Oh, except one particular Lt Colonel in the Royal Engineers...
It is oftentmes more difficult to spot the little boy who has been bullied and bolsters his own ego to merely compensate for his own demons and his deepest fear that he himself is inadequate...
If I don’t know you yet and you are still reading this, then there is every chance that you are thinking about continuing or maybe even starting your writing journey with me. There are risks and rules...
Imagine Mamie saying this to me over two decades ago. “If you can’t handle me telling you the truth about your writing without getting emotionally irregular then this is probably not for you…”
Based on the timeless wisdom expressed about the 'Writer's Magic in the Classic Inspirational Guide by Dorothea Brande. The Artists Way by Julia Cameron and Stephen King's Memoir of the Craft in On WRITING. Are you ready to register your interest...
If you want to read the full BLOG On Writing and find out Rule Number Two click BLOG...
"A child's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled."
"To break the spell of inertia and frusatration Act as if it were impossible to fail."
Jamal, an African-American teenager, gains admission to a prestigious private school and discovers his talent for writing and also more importantly the KEY to writing with the help of William Forrester (aka Sean Connery), a reclusive Pulitzer-Prize winning author. (2mins 40 secs of genius)
This wonderful piece of footage is 29 mins long. I only wish it was longer. Every time I watch it, I feel grateful and blessed, I laugh and I cry. I hope it inspires you as she did for me, to start or continue your journey, 'On Writing'. Thank you Mamie. Much Love.
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On the road with Mamie
Gerry Rafferty, Billy Connolly, Des Dillon, Peter Mullen to name but a few
Snooker Champion, Nun, Writer in Residence, BBC Screen Writer no not Alex, Mamie
Mamie a motorbike a mini-skirt and a banjo on Route 66