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May 23, 2020
Erase Negative Generators
Some quick pointers as we either drown in or swim out of the quagmire of negative news. As fiction writers we are wired to all that happens around us as our receptors absorb ideas for the next great story. The blessing and curse of the news – more a curse in the current times …
May 12, 2020
Writing For Success
In my first post on the prolific and inspirational Trinidadian author and poet Brenda Mohammed, we got a glimpse into her writing journey. Brenda is a prolific writer whose passion and dedication for literature is phenomenal. Today we chat to Brenda Mohammed to catch up with her on her rapidly growing and expanding writing …
May 9, 2020
Mothers Mirrored in Fiction
Mother’s Day this year has a different ring to the freedom of yesteryear. The nation waited to hear if we would be allowed to visit our mothers on this special day of the year. Something we took for granted… our mothers would always be there to listen, comfort, cook an amazing meal, take care …
April 24, 2020
Women Who Inspire
Often the women around us, those we interact with, those who do not ask for acknowledgement and serve their life’s calling with unstinting passion, must be noted to celebrate them and say thank you for who they are and what they have shared and continue to share. Today amid the chaos in the …
April 11, 2020
Maintaining a Healthy Muse
Life is topsy-turvy. The news makes us morose. But creativity must go on. So how do we keep the momentum going when all else has fallen apart? This time shall pass To avoid dwelling on the negative statistics of the world’s mortality rate, look for reading matter that will stimulate your soul …
April 1, 2020
Writing and Publishing During a Global Crisis
Every corner of the world has been hit by Covid19 — life for millions has come to a grinding halt. Businesses have shut down left, right and centre. Bookstores have closed their doors. Libraries are no longer a sanctuary as silent voices are in lockdown. The question tossed around is: do we …
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March 21, 2020
From Prose to Poetry
Poetry excites, calms, awakens, regenerates As a thriller fiction writer, poetry has been a significant aspect of my recreational reading and inspiration for my writing. Poets of the Romantic era notably Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge are among my selection of favourites as has been Yeats, Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson. African …
February 28, 2020
Creative Space
Psychological boundaries are either self-constructed or built by others. Whoever is doing the construction of the wall is of no relevance — both will hinder creative energy. We need people around us as creatives just not their negative energies that overwhelm and stifle. Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creation and change ~ Brene …
February 8, 2020
Writing Courage: Be YOU
While the world is swamped by social media and every form of communication possible — words fly at us, to us and among us at a speed we cannot keep pace with. Yet amid this world of words there is always an aspiring writer with a story to tell — struggling with fear that it might …
January 25, 2020
Fiction Changemakers
If stories were never told — history would not exist — change would not occur. So much that is fictional is drawn from reality. The horrors that have occurred historically and afresh each day (as the daily news never fails to report) become the fictional realities writers create in imagined worlds. …
