I wrote recently about my slow, but intentional, break-up with Instagram. I hope you had a bit of a laugh reading my Letter. I know that it resonated with some because I was delighted to hear about your own perspectives and experience. On the other hand, I didn’t leave you with much to work with […]
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Being in the flow of writing is wonderful. The words rush to our fingertips, barely able to keep up as our brain hurls instructions. That’s why the first draft must never be the last. Book deals and writers’ reputations have been lost when an unedited manuscript has been sent out into the world. Some writers
‘If I didn’t make my deadline, my confidence in my writing would be decimated. ‘I had been struggling to figure out what I needed to do on my own.’ ‘You got my head to the right thinking space and my heart on the change that’s needed to move my book forward.’ ‘You challenged and encouraged
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There is a separate system of numbers in Gaelic to describe teams. I’m reading Sea Room by Adam Nicholson (great book for lovers of the Hebrides) and he talks of the need for co-operation to survive. There’s a proverb: ‘No-one is strong without a threesome and with a foursome at best, they’ll be limping.’ A boat needs five to row and
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