Over the summer I was lucky to meet, work with, hang out and stay friends with some amazing, ambitious and creatively successful people. Working closely with celebrities made me look at ‘the dream’ I chase. I don’t think there’s a writer among us who doesn’t want their work shared, adored and bought by others. Nora…
Read MoreThese Wings Were Made To Fly
Most of you who know me or read this blog regularly know I’m a big fan of The Secret. The Secret is based on the Law of attraction – the more positive you are, the more positivity you will attract. As well as reminding you to be positive and focus your energies on positive activities…
Read MoreWeekly* Edfringe Diary
It’s….wait… Sunday right? Sunday night, okay yep, it is. Nope, what am I saying, no, I started this blog then but I didn’t finish it until today which is Tuesday afternoon, yes that’s right Tuesday! Wowee, what a week last week was!!! My lack of blogging is because, as you may know, I’m working on…
Read MoreMy Creative Friends – Sean Kerwin, Music Producer
Welcome to another post on my creative friends, today I am introducing you to Sean Kerwin, Music Man! I first met Sean at GoNorth, a creative festival held in Inverness. I was attending a radio editing course run by Dabster Productions, and Sean was instructing us how to edit the interviews and voxpops we have…
Read MoreMy Creative Friends – Mark McGrotty, Multimedia Designer
Hello, hello!! Apologies for the delay in posts, but as promised, here is another post on my creative friends. This time it’s the turn of Mark McGrotty. I first met Mark about three years ago, we worked in the same office building and from the minute we met we got on like peas and carrots.…
Read MoreWhy Is Success Such A Scary Thought?
I’m sitting here writing this novel. The bones of it took me 7 days. Honestly, it felt a bit like that song by Craig David, except it was “I wrote this book on Monday, wrote it with a drink on tuesday, I was in love with it by wednesday, and on thursday, friday and saturday….…
Read MoreMy Creative Friends – Ozzie Aziz, Singer/Actor
As mentioned in a previous post, I have lots of ccreative and talented friends. I feel truly blessed to know these guys and they always inspire me. It occurred to me that you might like to hear their stories and so, here you go! I sent them all 4 questions about their careers, the answers are fab.…
Read MoreCreativity and The Artist’s Date
Following on from my posts about the methods used in Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, I’d like to discuss the second important tool in the kit – The Artist’s Date! When I first read it, my initial thoughts where ‘What?’ ‘Date myself?’Are you mad?!’ But then I got to thinking about it. How often…
Read MoreCreativity and The Morning Papers
As I mentioned in the previous blog post, I have followed The Artist’s Way (Julia Cameron) on and off for years now. It is definitely a valuable tool for an artist, whatever your art form, and within its cover, you will find many ways to unleash your creativity. It’s full of writing tips, advice and…
Read MoreStaying on the Creativity Train.
I have to say I think we are all a little bit creative! Now, don’t fret, this doesn’t mean you have to start a blog, design your own furniture or take up an art class, unless you want to. Nor does it mean you can have a Diva strop in Tesco because they’re out of…
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