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  • Why I keep coming back to writing

    There are a lot of things in my life that give me solace. Books, food, desserts, looking at pretty things on Pinterest, a good shopping sesh, a very specific group of people. But if there’s one thing that makes me feel like I matter, like I have value, it is writing.

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  • Questions you shouldn’t ask a writer

    Telling someone I’m a writer has always gotten me a mix bag of responses. Some people look at me with envy. Some look at me with pity. Sometimes people will talk about how much the idea of writing scares them. Many times, I will hear a variation of: I have this amazing story – why…

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  • Writer’s anonymous

    Writer’s anonymous

    I have been having a weird time finding the will to stick to writing. I have tried just about everything and I will start a writing project and inevitably, I will abandon it. I have told myself to give it a break, I have told myself maybe I’m not feeling it, I have tried going…

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  • #BlogchatterA2Z theme reveal: slice of life

    Hello! I’m back. Or rather I should say #BlogchatterA2Z is back. This is my seventh year participating in the challenge and yes a total boast, I have completed all six attempts. It’s usually because I plan the fuck out of the AtoZ challenge to make sure I finish it and I read as many posts…

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  • How I nurture my creativity

    If there is one thing that I have heard from the Blogchatter community and team members, it is the need to schedule free thinking time. For some of us, travelling time constitutes that time when one can think and allow the mind to just expand and flow. For others, it could be a walk among…

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  • What is effective storytelling

    We are all storytellers. Whether it is the stories we tell our friends – of incidents where we were the protagonist or how we were appreciated for something at work – or the stories we tell ourselves – maybe I shouldn’t eat this extra roti because I need space for dessert – we love telling…

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  • A day with a favourite author #BlogchatterBlogHop

    When I did not understand the process of writing – or what a muse was, I remember thinking if I ever met one of my favourite authors, I would ask them where they got their ideas from. What inspired them and how the hell they wrote and created this tapestry only by using words and…

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