A bitter pill to swallow
This morning's news took the wind out of my sails... until I changed my perception.
Making My Choice – Mindfulness In Writing
I've written a piece, a personal piece, a piece that I honed and edited and re-worked until I felt proud of it. Now, when I read it through, it makes my heart sing - so am I happy?
Why I Write
I’ve emerged from the ashes of what I once was, reborn and ready to walk the path I started out on all those years ago, before I was mugged and left for dead by that heartless assassin Circumstance.
AND THE WINNER IS…
I've been awarded FIRST PRIZE in the Brave Little Blogger Contest 2012 with my entry CENSORSHIP - Muslims Caught In The Middle...
Define Me
“What’s your niche?” It’s a question every blogger faces. Now I wouldn’t say I’m claustrophobic, but I find being catalogued creatively limiting. If you take into account my change of name, change of religion, change of country, amalgamation of culture, I think you’ll agree I’m kinda difficult to pin down...
Versatile? Me?
My Sunday morning got off to a good start with the presentation of the Highly Esteemed Versatile Blogger Award. So I must be doing SOMETHING right!
Travel illusion: The awkward African diptych [VID] | Matador Network
Travel illusion: The awkward African diptych [VID] | Matador Network. A thought provoking piece for all the expat bloggers and travel-writers out there. It’s getting away from the caricatures that makes a piece more memorable and evocative… deceptively simple in theory but requires more effort in reality. Those “tried and tested” idioms just “roll off the tongue”…
He what? Typo makes sexy novel even racier – thestar.com
Writing can be a risky business at the best of times; baring your soul, putting yourself "out there" for all to read. Will anyone be interested? Will anyone care?