One autumn morning a man and a woman walk to work through the streets of New York’s West Side. They’re not together. He at times actually follows in the distance as their paths merge, separate and converge.
Tagged: Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries, You've Got Mail
Have you developed your Nuclear War Action Plan (NWAP) yet? Well, time is running out. At 8am local time today, residents in Hawaii woke to a social media, radio and TV emergency telling of an inbound ballistic missile attack. Traditional media urged them to shelter in a building. Social media didn’t. Thumb texting that information might have taken too long for all forgot to say, only minutes remained to act.
Tagged: Duck and Cover, Hawaii, Nuclear War
Late in 2014 I had the honour of being a guest at National Australia Bank’s “Night of Nights”, a celebration of its best employees in south-eastern Australia. Its geographical head of small business acting as master of ceremonies, asked rhetorically during his keynote address, “How can a business where team always comes first, overtly recognise individual achievements too?”
A friend of mine shared a post on Facebook today recounting the final words of Apple’s Steve Jobs: an essay of sorts, 381 words long and full of inspirational regret.
Tagged: Death, Fake, Steve Jobs
If you’re on Twitter, there’s one handle you’ll want to follow: @jk_rowling. It’s the personal handle of author, playwright and now screenwriter, Joanne Rowling, of Harry Potter fame: of course.
Tagged: J.K. Rowling, Social Media, Twitter
Ask writing students why they write and you’ll usually arrive at a common spread of answers. Think about it yourself. If you’re reading this blog because you’ve decided to write for a living, what made you choose this path?
Tagged: Being a Writer, Motivation, Writing
I recall a moment just over three months ago with the release of the Harry Potter script “The Cursed Child” when something unique happened. It gave me so much joy.
Tagged: Harry Potter, Literacy, Reading
Sometimes I feel like a moon shot spat out of a gravitational lasso, missing a planetary caress while I’m trying to be the best person I can.
It had been a tough couple of weeks. One of those periods when your head fills with cobwebs and the strategic picture flashes like a poorly fit neon sign pulsing an annoying buzz each illumination cycle. “Eat at Joe’s” it might say for a brief time but you’d know the gravy would be lumpy and the ketchup rimmed with crust. So you walk by.
Tagged: Olivia Bartley, Olympia, Self Talk
I had the pleasure of giving some advice the other day to someone thinking of starting as a specialist writer. So I thought I’d post the crux here, based on what I’ve learned from personal experience and from the lessons of many others for it may just help you too.
Tagged: Writing Tips
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