James Garside
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NCTJ-qualified British independent journalist, author, and travel writer. Part-time vagabond, full-time grumpy arse. I help writers and artists to do their best work. Let's be part of each other's stories. jamesgarside.net
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Write to Live, Live to Write
I get a lot of people visiting my blog in search of graffiti, but it’s really about writing. Serves me right for calling my writing workshops graffiti living! So, here are some notes on what I mean by graffiti living — adapted from handouts I did for creative writing workshops that I ran and talks that I gave.
By James Garside4 years ago in Motivation
Sparky: Writers, Shamans, Creativity and Magick
You are in a dark room. So dark that at first you can’t see anything. Pitch black. Then slowly, as your eyes adjust to the gloom, you notice a gathering light in the centre of the room. A faint glow, so tiny, the last of a candle flame. When you try to look at it directly, it’s too bright, and hurts your eyes. But the candle is on the brink of going out. The room is cold, and whenever the wind blows the flame gutters in the draft. Once it’s dead, it will be gone forever.
By James Garside4 years ago in Psyche
NaNoWriMo Boot Camp
November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) — the time of the year when all common sense goes out of the window and you try to write a novel in a month. Just for kicks. NaNoWriMo is great fun but it isn’t for the squeamish. If you’re serious about completing NaNoWriMo then you shouldn’t be reading this but, for what it’s worth, this is the method that works for me. Here are some quick tips and dirty tricks to help get you through the month.
By James Garside4 years ago in Motivation
