As we approach another New Moon, I thought I’d share a tip for writers which I have found really useful … and that’s to synchronise your creative activity to the phase of the Moon.
Many a wine grower, and now many farmers, have been synching their crops to the phases of the Moon for aeons using biodynamics. [...]
Just after I wrote my first book, 100 Years of Ermintrude, I remember telling a psychic the manner in which I wrote it, how it just came in from nowhere and how I felt a huge surge of emotion when I’d finished it.
I was in floods of uncontrollable tears, yet I felt ecstatically happy at what [...]
I am often asked by both new and experienced writers how you go about protecting your books in the digital age.
In these days when you can blog a story or submit an ebook to one of many aggregator sites like Issuu, Myebook, YouPublish and Smashwords, what’s to stop anyone stealing and copying your work illegally?
In my work with writers clearing blocks, I am increasingly getting involved with dealing with karma.
It is as if the aspiring writer actually embarks on a project to write their book to expose and address issues in their lives. When they hit a block with their writing and we clear it, a corresponding block in their [...]
This visualisation started life as one of the components of the Unleash the Book Inside workshop and home study course.
In the workshops, I found that the students started to get huge flashes of inspiration when I combined Mind Mapping with simple simple contemplative and meditative techniques.
This version of the visualisation is more generic such that you [...]
Time is an illusion – it’s a very good illusion but an illusion nonetheless.
We perceive time passing at different speeds and in my book, Blocks, and on my workshops, I teach how you can stretch time so you get 4 hours work, or more, done in just an hour.
Original artwork for the Bookwright site by Lefteris Heretakis - illustrator & designer, lecturer in Graphic Design @ Bradford College. Lefteris designs and typesets books that visually resonate with the reader.To find out more about his work, read this blog