Category Archives: Writing

Blissful quote

Via the marvelous Austin Kleon:  You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what … Continue reading

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Daily rituals

I am reading a superb book, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work. I’ve only gotten through about 20 pages, and am already astonished by what makes people tick–by which I mean coffee, sugar, alcohol, amphetamines, and sleeping pills! Highly recommended so … Continue reading

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Writing weekend

Had a deeply inspiring weekend at the Geneva Writers Group biennial conference. Just up the road from me, in Bellevue, Switzerland. Stimulating workshops, interesting people to meet, but, best of all, I WROTE. A LOT. Details to come.

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