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Magic Tricks
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Magic Tricks

I have just finished reading the bio-novel about Thomas Mann by Colm Toibin. The Magician delves into Mann’s repressed homosexuality and, as I see it, Toibin views everything Mann wrote…
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Posted by By Debbie Hubbard 2023-01-23Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: irony, The Magician - Colm Toibin, Thomas MannNo Comments
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Pens Around the World in 2022 – another year older

An overview of Pens Around the World. What PATW is, and something about what we've been up to as a group in 2022.
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Posted by By JohnN (admin) 2023-01-09Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: Pens Around the World, plans, website, writing6 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 Wisdom1 Comment
Jockeys on horseback racing in the White Turf race at Sant Moritz. Photographer Pietro Mattias via Unsplash
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The Ultimate Novel Writing Course – My Experience

A guest blog post by our friend Angela Williams reporting her experience pursuing the Ultimate Novel Writing Course from Jericho Writers.
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Posted by By Guest Blogger 2022-12-19Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom8 Comments
Activism and the Writer-Cellist in Orkney
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Activism and the Writer-Cellist in Orkney

Carol of the Bells Cello Peace Project Kimberley wrote a few weeks ago about activism and the writer, so I thought I would write a little about my view of…
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Posted by By Gill Tennant 2022-12-05Posted 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
Turn off the Din
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Turn off the Din

I have no idea what to write about, so I’m just going to write myself free. I’ll do that by following my stream of consciousness that may not go anywhere.…
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Posted by By Debbie Hubbard 2022-11-07Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: inspiration, writer's block, writing, writing during difficult times4 Comments
Submitting!
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Submitting!

What a curious term ‘submitting’ is, to describe the collaborative project of author, agent and publisher, as they come together with a common aim of preparing a book for the…
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Posted by By Miriam Landor 2022-10-24Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: submissions3 Comments
How important is self-belief to a writer?
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How important is self-belief to a writer?

This was a question I posed on Twitter recently and the answer came back: crucial. If self-belief is crucial for a writer, how do I get some?
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Posted by By Gail Aldwin 2022-10-10Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: self-belief, strategies to build self-belief1 Comment
art filtered still from the film Urga (Close to Eden)
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The Art of the Personal Essay

Jim McCrory writes about essay writers that inspire him and the personal essays he is working on.
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Posted by By Guest Blogger 2022-09-26Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: essay writing, essays3 Comments

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