Welcome to this extraordinary globe Eleanor Rose. And always remember, Ellie there is a pharmacy inside your wonderful body. Born Friday 1st May. 5 pounds 9 ounces. Now we are into some more downtime, do send me your words. Spread your Lovely Words and Not the Virus. I am working on an anthology entitled ‘When […]
Born in the Time of Coronavirus
14/05/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
Spread Your Lovely Words and Not the Virus …
25/04/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Spread your Lovely Words and Not the Virus …’by Ms Paige Turner Dear Writers, I am re-posting the info’ on submission for the anthology ‘When This is All Over …’ I’ve had submissions from 9 year olds and from Dublin, Spain, South Africa, USA, Canada and Birmingham. Please send me any poems (Haiku? Limericks? Clerihew? […]
Spread Your Lovely Words and Not the Virus
17/04/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Spread your Lovely Words and Not the Virus …’ by Ms Paige Turner Dear Writers, Now there is downtime for another three weeks you may wish to do some writing. Please send me any poems (Haiku? Limericks? Clerihew? Sonnets? Freestyle?). And/or fiction or creative non-fiction up to 200 words for the anthology: ‘When This is […]
When This is All Over …
03/04/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
When This is All Over … by Ms Paige Turner Over the next few weeks and months send me your poems and any narrative up to 200 words about your thoughts, wishes, hopes, reflections on this time: what is happening in your world and what is happening to the world out there. Unpublished submissions from […]
‘A Kind of Grief …’
20/03/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘A Kind of Grief …’ by Ms Paige Turner I’ve been in isolation all week and yet it’s been the busiest of weeks doing something which has been a lifelong anathema to me: cancelling. And I’ve been cancelled on. It’s a kind of grief. Having to let go of booked out evening workshops and a […]
‘Speaking with Confidence’ by Ms Paige Turner
11/03/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
I am tutoring this course so no pressure on me then. AT: Gerrards Cross Memorial Centre, East Commoon, Gerrards Cross, SL9 7AD ON: Saturday 25th April TIME: 10.00 am until 3.30 pm COST: £45 COURSE CODE: A6ECO7AHO CONTACT: EMAIL: studentenquiries@buckscc.gov.uk www.adultlearningbcc.ac.uk TEL: 01296 382403 Delivering a speech at a gathering or wedding? Giving a talk […]
‘A Garden in my Ears …’
27/02/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘A Garden in my Ears …’ by Ms Paige Turner Fish Hoek Scribblers in Cape Town guinea-pigged my ‘Birth of an Idea’ workshop this last week and grateful I was to the 17 writers for being patient with my blocked right ear. In my writing I’m always endeavouring to ‘hear myself better’. At times this […]
On Reflection
18/02/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘On Reflection’ by Ms Paige Turner A group of Creative Inkers has put together this anthology of poetry and prose and I’m looking forward to attending their launch at Beaconsfield Library, 2.30 pm on Tuesday 3rd March. Ladies. Very. Well. Done. I’m also looking forward to leading two evening workshops: ‘The Birth of an Idea’. […]
God and Lipstick … by Ms Paige Turner
02/02/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
God and Lipstick My first day! My first client! Oh, my God. And her completed form tells me she’s eighty seven. I’m giving her Bubble Bliss Heaven. Number sixteen massage on the Client Care List. I say, “I hope you have a lovely stay. Is your lipstick Max Factor? Or X Factor? Let’s make a […]
‘From Planet Janet …’
12/01/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘From Planet Janet…’ by Ms Paige Turner I was going to write this short blog before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s (or are they still?) announcement last week that they were ‘stepping back’ from Royal Duties. This must be in part because the duchess (is she still?) believes that one should ‘thrive and not […]