Category Archives: Reflections

Are you a writer? Do you keep a journal?

I am currently writing about my life here in Oman, and the challenges of working in an International School full of ignorant people – and I don’t mean the students!!! What types of journals should we keep? I end to keep as a sort of diary with reflections from the past. When I find somethingContinue reading “Are you a writer? Do you keep a journal?”

Why Is Mindfulness So Important to Creativity?

You’ve probably heard at some point in your life that being mindful is an essential part of a healthy and happy life. But you may be wondering just why this is. And this is because being mindful has the power to change many different aspects of your life. Mindfulness Helps With Mental Health When youContinue reading “Why Is Mindfulness So Important to Creativity?”

Other thoughts on Creativity

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”

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

Wear big clothes. Eat less. Don’t eat burnt fish! Bacon is sane. Eat banana skin so nobody falls over. Kale looks good on a model railway. A steak tastes better and is less chewy than a stake. Fairy cakes should be ordered by Gnomes. Fried lettuce burns Elephants should be consumed one piece at aContinue reading “Swifty’s diet tips…have a great weekend”

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!”