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 inspiration
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on January 3rd, 2011
When I wrote the poem, it came about as a result of a teambuilding art workshop that I attended. In the workshop we took Matisse’s painting, La Danse, and each had to paint a portion of the canvas. Art inspired my poem. My poem inspired a dance and so it [...]
 inspiration
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on July 12th, 2010
writers should read other books in their genre. Five reasons why they must be inspired to copycat those who went [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on February 26th, 2010
It’s been a busy few weeks. Not only has my client, Simone Costa Eriksson’s book Moving Abroad been released but Natalie Tollenaere’s book The Art of Possibilities/L’art des Possibles has been published – in TWO languages. This is a first for me, to publish two versions at the same time. And it was a joy [...]
 about me
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on January 5th, 2010
I may be a writer but I have never considered myself to be an artist. In fact my drawing skills are appalling and I can’t even make my handwriting stick to the lines on a page. At school, my art teacher actually told me that in no way was I to study the subject. Yet, [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 1st, 2009
bicycle mania
I loved the idea of Bicycle Mania before I even saw it. Author Shirley Agudo, is a friend of mine, and fellow journalist based here in Holland. I knew that already. What I did not know was that she was also a photographer, and a fine one at that.
Anyway, a little over a [...]
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