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About John Nixon
John Nixon was born and brought up in England, but has lived more than half his life elsewhere in various places, but mostly in Sweden. He calls Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast his adopted home town. He used to teach English and history to high school students and various sorts of English for specific purposes to adult students. Nowadays he lives by writing and translating technical and educational texts and websites. In his spare time he blogs at TheSupercargo, and writes poetry, flash fiction, longer stories, pieces of novels and podcast scripts. Website: https://thesupercargo.com
Collage of 4 screen-grabs of Catherine Petterson talking
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Catherine Pettersson and the Stockholm Writers’ Festival

An interview with Catherine Pettersson, the driving force behind the Stockholm Writers' Festival that will have it's sixth iteration this coming August.
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Posted by By John Nixon 2023-05-22Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: Catherine Pettersson, interview, SWF, Writing Festivals2 Comments
Best hot cross buns EVER!
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Food in Fact, Food in Fiction

A writing prompt connected to food and the senses
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Posted by By John Nixon 2023-04-10Posted inPensivesTags: food, writing promptsNo Comments
Personality Pencils and Marcel Proust
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Personality questionnaires and character development

There is a perennial attraction in personality tests. And you can use them to help you develop fictional characters.
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Posted by By John Nixon 2023-04-03Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: creativity, inspiration, personality traits, writing techniques, writing tools3 Comments
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Welcome to my workspace!

John describes his workspace - the place where he sits to write and participate in video conference s.
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Posted by By John Nixon 2023-02-06Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: Writing space, writing tools10 Comments
Three Kings in procession against a clear, starry sky.
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Wishing you a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas and a Happy and Productive New Year

These Three Kings are coming to wish all members of Pens Around the World, and all visitors to our website, a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas and a Happy and…
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Posted by By John Nixon 2022-12-24Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom2 Comments
Front and back cover, and spine of my copy of The Egg and I
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Old books and memories

Old books can be more than the sum of their parts. Our author becomes nostalgic when he helps clear his mother's library.
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Posted by By John Nixon 2022-11-21Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: books, nostalgia1 Comment
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One word cues

Three words, six images, use one or any combination to create the first line of your next story!
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Posted by By John Nixon 2022-08-29Posted inPensivesTags: photo prompts, writing prompts2 Comments
Charles-Shakespeare
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Inarticulate characters – know what I mean?

It's not easy to write inarticulate characters and make them sympathetic. But Prince Charles managed it once (inadvertantly). How about you?
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Posted by By John Nixon 2022-06-06Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: prince charles, shakespeare, writing characters4 Comments
Figures in conversation
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The Memory Game: writing prompts

A series of writing prompts for fictional and factual writing built out of personal memories.
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Posted by By John Nixon 2022-01-10Posted inPensivesTags: character development, memory, writing prompts5 Comments
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Pens Around the World: 2021 and onward

Pens Around the World - looking back at our first year of existence in 2021, and forward to 2022 and beyond.
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Posted by By John Nixon 2021-12-20Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: 2021, 2022, Pens Around the World, plans, website, writing3 Comments

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