Negativity, that old gatecrasher comes trashing through your mind before begging you to put him up for, ‘just a few days’. Nope. Positive thoughts I like to hold on to: It really is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. To find your integral voice, conduct a debate presenting a thoroughly researched argument […]
Category: June 2016
Do you feed your embarrassing moments into your writing? Skilbey Blogs.
‘Can’t get you outta my head’. As writers, we are always on the lookout for fertile ideas. We understand, engage and exercise our ‘periphery’ very well. We casually flick our eyes, showing an interest in our world and the community we live in, much like everyone else, but for writers (and artists), it goes that […]
It’s only “stuff”. Skilbey Blogs.
I bumped into a lovely friend a few days ago who I hadn’t seen for a while. Her children and my children grew up together; from infants to teens and secondary school. She moved out of the neighbouring village and not too far away, but far enough to make our encounters infrequent. I have always […]
Why I find it hard to write in cafes and coffee shops. Skilbey Blogs.
No doubt, as writers, we all have our favourite- often special- spot to write in. It may be a spare room, a shed, a conservatory, a summer house or indeed the worktop in a kitchen. It may be somewhere that is out of bounds to other members of the family who are under strict instructions […]
