by N1c0la-admin | Aug 22, 2021 | Personal Thoughts
There is a storm raging within me. Or rather, there is a whole weather system of storms, all of which are separate fragments of a greater whole. The members of my inner family are changing. I’m not sure if maturing is the correct description, but definitely changing –...
by N1c0la-admin | Aug 22, 2021 | Personal Thoughts
The moment I heard the news of my father’s death, my window opened. It was like opening a wood-framed window that had been closed through too many alternating wet and dry seasons, so that the wood of the frame had become warped and swollen. After the many years it had...
by N1c0la-admin | Aug 22, 2021 | Writers Thoughts
Animals, with their silent, non-judgemental, totally unconditional acceptance of, and love for, their humans, have the capacity to make an immense difference in human lives, especially for those who feel isolated, constrained and misunderstood for any reason. I was...
by N1c0la-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Writers Thoughts
The main character of my first book, Road to Nowhere, who also remains central to the other two books of the Transitions series, is Geoff Foster. He was the first “person” of my inner writing family to emerge. One of the main contributions to the development of his...
by N1c0la-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Personal Thoughts
It was time for my Saturday morning writing club session, and that day’s exercise assigned by the group mentor was to listen to our minds, find the biggest question facing us now, then write whatever needed to be let out. As meditative music played in the background,...