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Steve Jobs – Living Tribute to a Phenomenal Man

6 October 2011 Bulletin Board

What a landmark day for the world – 5 October 2011 – seeing the passing of Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, aged 56. The profound impact of his phenomenal life reaches beyond borders and through psyches to touch so many of us in some way [...]

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Are You Thinking To Grow Rich?

3 September 2011 Blogging
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Our special friends over at Written by Sumer have started a great series of posts sharing entrepreneurship and business advice, which are contributed to by their readers, i.e. Business-Transforming Books: Best Business Success Books – Part I I’ve decided to post my response here too, because my #1 book is so worth sharing. I’ve known [...]

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You don’t have to be a Lady to be Loved

30 April 2011 Bulletin Board
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How wonderful to watch some of the Royal Wedding yesterday, so many years after Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s. Teenagers then, we crowded into our school hall for most of that day, savouring the moment, not to mention the opportunity to skip classes. Even in South Africa, we felt strangely included, similarly to yesterday. Thanks [...]

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Saving a Turtle

16 February 2011 Writing
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Another big thank you to Hills of Africa Travel – for being simply the best! Today, they’ve featured the second part of their interview about my novel (chick-lit/romance) on their blog: Out of Air: A Story of Sheer Inspiration – Part II. In case you’re wondering about the book’s title, a fellow writer and student [...]

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A Novel Valentine

12 February 2011 Writing
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Sincere thanks to the stunning team at Hills of Africa Travel in the USA, for requesting an interview about my novel for their blog. This has been the catalyst for creating the website www.outofair.com – artwork by my gifted stepson. The article will take the form of a two-post series, the first on Monday 14 [...]

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Outlook

14 August 2010 Inspiration

Outlook is unique. Ah, the lure of a warm wooden deck, with a view of infinity! Squinting into the morning sunlight, I let it’s rays lick my throat. Vampires flirt with my mind. In particular, Edward Cullen. It’s all Sam’s fault. She’s the one who got me infected. Right here in this vivid piece of [...]

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“Writers Write”

27 May 2010 Writing

Sincere thanks to Amanda Patterson of The Write Co., since I completed her Writers Write 2 novel-writing course today. This is the follow-on to the first course, Writers Write, which helped immensely with my first novel, OUT OF AIR. It’s been an intense, but brilliant, four days. Amanda is gifted at what she does, drawing [...]

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Books are like children . . .

9 May 2010 Writing

‘They come through us, but not from us’ – to paraphrase Kahlil Gibran from his jewel of a book, The Prophet. This concept is echoed in Julia Cameron‘s brilliant handbook for creativity, The Artist’s Way. Her first ‘Rule of the Road’ is to “Show up at the page. Use the page to rest, to dream, [...]

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World Book & Copyright Day

23 April 2010 Bulletin Board

In recognition of today being World Book and Copyright Day, I’d like to share some inspiration especially for those who honour the urge to write, regardless of the challenges posed by the process. The following quote is included in Napoleon Hill’s exceptional book, The Master Key To Riches with reference to the principle of “going [...]

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