How Multitasking Hurts Your Concentration Have a lot on your plate to get done for the day? It might seem easier to get it all done if you multitask. But the truth is, multitasking hurts your concentration big time. Read on to find out just how bad it is to multitask when trying to concentrateContinue reading “Other thoughts on Creativity”
Category Archives: Creative writing
6 Ways You Can Develop Your Creativity
I love the creative mind! I love to read books in most genres and by many authors. In the last couple of weeks I’ve read three Agatha Christie novels, featuring Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence, and one stand alone called ‘They came to Baghdad’ – nothing changes… I have three of my own self-published books featuringContinue reading “6 Ways You Can Develop Your Creativity”
Swifty’s diet tips…have a great weekend
Thought for today
United Nations Translators on strike over Douglas slur- we’ll make him eat his words!
An almighty row has erupted at the United Nations Headquarters in New York over an alleged slur on the professionalism of Translators and Interpreters by Hollywood superstar Michael Douglas. Staff are incensed by the suggestion that their activities can cause throat cancer. “Oui!” declared Marcel Sponge, 27, head of the Belgian translation team. “Sometimes inContinue reading “United Nations Translators on strike over Douglas slur- we’ll make him eat his words!”
Things not to miss when writing articles.
I love to write; articles, short stories, poems, book reviews, novels or news reports. It’s great fun to see your own work in print and always a bous if you can get some income from it. In this short note I want to think about some key points that should be included if you wantContinue reading “Things not to miss when writing articles.”
It’s all about the words, don’t worry!
10 Authors who dealt with Rejection. You and I love to write. It’s a special gift and a privelege we have creating story’s, sometimes just for ourselves, for our famils and friends. But we all reach the point when we believe in what we write and we want to see it published – and we’dContinue reading “It’s all about the words, don’t worry!”
Back to writing
Last summer I got Covid again and ended up in ICU in a hospital in Dalyan, Turkey! Funnily enough I am still waiting for my Insurance claim to be processed, 6 months on. As a result my writing just about stopped. Yes I do add some notes into my plans every day, but sitting downContinue reading “Back to writing”
Christmas
I was getting close to quitting any idea of being a writer. I have three books on Amazon but few sales. I was walking on the beach today in Hawana, Oman. I have outline plans for at least 9 more books and so I decided i should keep going. Then when I got home IContinue reading “Christmas”
5. Camels and Goats
It still makes me smile when I see the road sign indicating Beware of Camels! On my way into the city I have to travel along some back roads and a long dual carriageway, all surrounded by open land. The local farmers have various herds of camels that seem to just wander freely around theContinue reading “5. Camels and Goats”
Fairy Hanny 