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‘Books Spark Joy’ – re-blogged.

Posted in Writing on November 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Today on Books Spark Joy we have a guest who really needs no introduction, but here it is anyway…

Rachael Johns is an English teacher by trade, a mum 24/7, a chronic arachnophobic, and a writer the rest of the time. She rarely sleeps and never irons. A lover of romance and women’s fiction, Rachael loves nothing more than sitting in bed with her laptop and electric blanket and imagining her own stories. READ THE FULL POSTING.

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Original Song Oscar Race Starts to Come Into Focus — Variety

Posted in Writing on November 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Filmmakers and studios are still scrambling to complete their holiday releases, and not all of the songs you’ll be hearing about during awards season are set. But at least a dozen tunes are in contention for that all-important Oscar shortlist to be revealed Dec. 16. Although the new song Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber…

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POSTCARD: Traveller

Posted in Writing on November 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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Another example of the Poetry Postcards I used to give away in my Poets Corner @ Pages Cafe events.

Using my words and photos, they were easily compiled in my Word program and printed 3 up on A4 card. Sometimes I printed ‘Postcard’ on the back with areas for a message, the address, etc or sometimes I just left the back blank.

#PoetryPostcards #POSTCARD:Traveller #FrancesMacaulayForde #Poems

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The Queen, the Dress and the American — Variety

Posted in Writing on October 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »

It is no accident that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth holds such a powerful place in the fashion ethos. Like many, I’ve always been struck by her singular and flawless style that seems to defy the passing of time. Little did I know that one day I would play a very small part in this amazing…

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Hank Williams, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley & John Stewart : Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow! — The Immortal Jukebox

Posted in Writing on October 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »

http:// Welcome. The Jukebox continues to feature favourite posts from 2014. Today we turn to a Post that celebrated an inexhaustible vein of inspiration for songwriters and singers – the Train Song. If you want to be a great songwriter you’re gonna need to write a great Train Song. And, if you do, you’ll find […]

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A New York publication

Posted in Writing on October 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Huge congratulations, Helen!

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Ladies of the Laundry

Posted in Writing on October 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I believe this posting deserves another read… I put it up in 2014.

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Two things; ‘Philomena’ is a truly wonderful film offering insight into the ‘Ladies of the Laundry’ also known as the‘Magdalene Sisters’ presented with humor underlined with the awful truth and William Wall well-known writer and member of the Munster Literature Centre who recently wrote of the McAleese Report, have stirred a memory.

The girls/women have fascinated me since my 14 months in Ireland when I actually met a ‘Lady of the Laundry’ during a lunch break from an inspiring workshop weekend meeting with Jessie Lendennie of Salmon Poetryfame.

Cliff of Moher with Jessie Lendennie and her beautiful dogs.

Jessie took me to a favorite haunt, a little coffee shop called ‘Stonecutter’s Kitchen’, up near the Cliffs of Moher in Co. Clare, just down the road from her place.

On a beautiful sunny day, with a brisk breeze blowing off the Cliffs…

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POEM: A Found Memory

Posted in Writing on October 28, 2019| 4 Comments »

2003 – Sydney Opera House from Doyle’s Restaurant.

Doing an ego-search on Google, a link to this poem ‘A Found Memory’ appears as number 1 on the Alphabetical list of poems added to Poem Hunter , on 28th June 2003.

When I checked today, I had apparently posted 52 on there over the years! And most of those have been converted to a YouTube (very basic) video with (shudder) an automated voice. Some have awful music and the longer ones are interrupted, with ads half-way through.

So I spent most of today removing the hated videos, cancelling the automated and full-of-errors e-book then correcting and activating all of the 66 poem which were already listed on the site. (Just checked and the videos are still active, hopefully they’ll be deleted soon.)

I also added a note on each poem, to mention my old websites were closed but this WordPress blog and my Etsy shop were still active.

Be interesting to see how many actually link here…

#POEM:MyCar #Poemhunter #POEM:AFoundMemory #PoetryWebsite

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150 DIY Ways to Market Your Book — A Writer’s Path

Posted in Writing on October 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I am asked quite often the best ways to market a book. The most frequent questions I get revolve around making it as cheap as possible yet capable of reaching the widest audience. For that, here is a list of 150 DIY ways to market a book. I’ll do another blog post next week […]

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A Recipe for Porcupine Pie – How We Assess Creative Writing in Schools — Nick Earls

Posted in Writing on October 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »

In his days at the Brill Building songwriting factory in the early ‘60s, Neil Diamond became accustomed to writing songs against the clock, but even he had his limits. Those limits even have a name: Porcupine Pie. I heard an interview once – so long ago it doesn’t exist in the searchable world – in […]

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