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From St-ART to Finish
Read more: From St-ART to FinishFrom St-ART to finish I’ve written quite a lot about my writing process but very little about the process I go through in creating a painting. I’ll be honest, for me, the painting process is a whole lot easier. There are so many layers to writing from conception, scribbling notes, character and setting development, research,…
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Print Offer!
Read more: Print Offer!24th January 2015 I don’t normally go in for a lot of marketing/publicity stuff, but today I am! I shall be offering a free, limited edition (1 of 50) A3 print to one of my Facebook page followers once I have reached 200 likes. I am 64 away from this at the moment and it…
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Reading Memories
Read more: Reading Memories2nd January 2015 Since I was 18, I have kept a notebook/diary of every book I have ever read – yes, every single one! Pre-18 I wasn’t a big reader, in fact, I read only when I had to, which were books we had to read at school, and a small handful of other books – Heidi,…
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17th December 2014
Read more: 17th December 2014Diary of 2014 Yes, I’m feeling in a bit of a reflective mood. It’s that end of the year feeling where you look back at what’s been and assess it… was it a good year? Was it a bad one? Globally, I think it’s been pretty rubbish, worrying and desperately sad. But this is not…
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30th September 2014
Read more: 30th September 2014Happiness is… It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, in fact, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything (not including a diary, which I’ve written since I was fourteen and notes on various English essays, which don’t count!) I’ve been spending a lot more of my free time on my paintings, a thing I…
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19th August 2014
Read more: 19th August 2014A New Venture Yes, I have finally taken hold of this thing that I have been sitting on for far too long – the thing that involves paint and brushes and big canvases and quite a bit of mess and hours and hours of complete absorption and pleasure. It’s strange how even when we…
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15th July 2014
Read more: 15th July 2014‘The Walk’ Time is a thing that can slip away easily or be filled with things that seem inadequate or unfulfilling. Aren’t we all trying to address that in some way? How often do we find ourselves doing things we have to do rather than things we want to do? It’s easy to fall into…
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23rd June 2014
Read more: 23rd June 2014What’s in a cover? An recent interesting conversation about book covers, led me to think about my own favourite book covers and whether they were influenced by my feelings about the book. The question asked was: ‘Do your favourite books have your favourite book cover? Or can the two be separated?’ It’s an interesting question because it…
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5th May 2014
Read more: 5th May 2014The Grand Blog Tour! Firstly, I’d like to thank Jenny Alexander for inviting me to take part in the Grand Blog Tour this week. I’ve been following Jenny’s blog post for a couple of years – it’s one that I never fail to read as I find her posts thought-provoking and her observations inciteful. So, here’s…
