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 inspirationAs DJMC he is a role model for all those corporate beings who dare not admit they are musicians, sportsmen, writers, artists, ADD, or somehow not simply men or women in suits. Always and everywhere, he is now himself, still a poet, still a very funny man but now an inspiration to us all. [...]  inspirationIn October, as you know, I went to the WIN conference in Rome. I love this event so much that I have attended nine times in the fourteen years it has been going. I wrote about this year’s experience for Andrea over at ExpatWomen, and it was published yesterday. To find out what WIN meant to us all this year, please take a look at my article. And if you want to see more evidence of what goes on then you need to see my posts about Where Words Meet Art and The Importance of Art [...] healingoes your life have a theme tune? Mine is ‘Summertime’. It is no accident that I chose this name for my publishing company, and also for our first home. I love the lyrics. They always put me in a good mood. [...] healingIn all my years of teaching I have only ever had one student who has refused to take those first terrifying steps towards sharing her work. But those who do dare to be brave, who summon up every ounce of courage and start to read are the lucky ones. No step is ever more daunting than that first one. Despite more than 25 years as a professional writer now, I still belong to a writers’ circle. It is my talisman, my lifeline, my own personal place of safety. It is here that I dare to share the words that expose me and make me vulnerable. It is here, that, without doubt, I find my best [...] inspirationAnd this made me reflect on the last 30 days I have spent blogging (almost) daily as part of the Ultimate Blog Challenge. As some of you will recall, this was a double challenge for me: firstly, to force me to blog every day instead of two or three times a week; secondly, to only write from my authentic self, the real me, the ‘inside’ me – my [...] inspirationWhen I am helping my students and mentees to write I often find myself reminding them that whatever they write must have a point. It must have a purpose, a reason to live. The world has to be a better place for having those words in it. I believe that poets have to be wise. They have to be insightful and to be able to write words that resonate or provoke. Pip writes of dark subjects such as suicide, poverty and self-harming. Cooper Clarke writes about hire cars, streets and shirts. Every poem deserves to be there. [...] about meI hide behind words. life storyMemoir writers need to show the scenes and paint a picture with their pens, explains Jo [...] about me
Jo Parfitt’s poetry memoir A Moving Landscape I can’t believe it, but I just wrote my 26th book. It’s been a scary old process this, because, for the first time ever, I am publishing my poetry and my memoir at the same time. Yep, that’s right. My life in verse. You see, I don’t admit [...] about meShipmates Relax. Exhale. Hush. |
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