It’s taken me a while to get back to musing on a Monday and I apologise. It was a fabulous but busy Christmas period with the fun of what I called The Suitcase Hop, visiting family and friends in the UK. So, in total contrast from Terry Anne’s gloriously decorated house, I confess to doing… Continue reading Monday Morning Musing #70 New Writer’s Award
Author: Jo Parfitt
Publisher at Summertime Publishing since 1997. Author of 32 books and publisher of 150 or so more (number grows every month). Mentor to hundreds of new writers. Specialises in producing books by and for people who live overseas. Books sold via www.expatbookshop.com and online bookstores. Offers a personal author mentoring service, supporting, editing and advising writers from brainwave to bookshelf and beyond. Additionally run www.writingmetreats.com and run writing workshops.
Monday Morning Musing #68 – the gift of experience
Earlier this month, Terri Colby wrote in Forbes magazine that we should give experiences rather than physical gifts this festive season. She claims, “Gifts of experiences, not things, will keep on giving long after the holidays.” I would agree. Experiences are much better value for money and very Marie Condo. To start with, there is… Continue reading Monday Morning Musing #68 – the gift of experience
Monday Morning Musing #66 – This Writer’s Winter’s Tale
The trouble with winter in Northern Europe is that it’s too easy to stay home in the warm. When you work as a writer, like me, your work ties you to a desk and it can be an isolating experience. I find that the loneliness creeps up on me. It’s wily and insidious and its… Continue reading Monday Morning Musing #66 – This Writer’s Winter’s Tale
Monday Morning Musings #63 – It all starts with emotion
Dear Terry Anne What a privilege it must have been to take your mother back to Pier 21 so she could relive those first days on Canadian soil all those years ago. Your thoughts on our tribes and mini-tribes spoke to me. I can only imagine the emotions that must have surfaced in her and… Continue reading Monday Morning Musings #63 – It all starts with emotion
Monday Morning Musings #61 my tribe
Dear Terry Anne You write of gardening and how that roots you in a place. You write of receiving a call from afar and changing on a dime to wish to be somewhere else. You go on to say that you are resigning yourself to believe that it will be this way forever. I know.… Continue reading Monday Morning Musings #61 my tribe
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