Nellie Bly, the first investigative journalist.
Tag: inspiration
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Doors and oportunities
I talk a lot to other entrepreneurs. Yes, I know I am a writer and artist but that makes me an entrepreneur. I am self-employed so I have a business. It is odd but I know that most people don't see you as a business person if you are a writer. Instead, you are a… Continue reading Doors and oportunities
My inspiration – my mix tape masterpiece
My writing is normally done with a pair of headphones on and music playing. This allows me to go into my own world and create. I can write without music but I find it difficult. It give my writing form and flow. So here is my current songs, or a selection of as I have… Continue reading My inspiration – my mix tape masterpiece
Inspiration 5
It has got to be the ghost story… At the moment a lot of people are asking for ghost stories so I’ve got to write a couple very soon. It is difficult though if you have nothing more than ‘ghost story’ as a starting point. In this case I have used ‘ghost’ loosely to involve… Continue reading Inspiration 5
Inspiration 4
This came from the paper this week. This girl (she was only 14 when she died) was one of the first settlers in Jamestown who died between 1609-10. She was cannibalised by the other settlers. Have a look at this article - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22362831 This got me thinking about climate change, as the reason they had a… Continue reading Inspiration 4
Regency – background
Why write about regency? Well, I came across a programme on the BBC and it was so good on re-creating how things are that I thought I'd share it. Have a look, but it is on BBC iplayer so at some point the link will stop working. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01sf0q6/Pride_and_Prejudice_Having_a_Ball/ Even if you don't want to write about… Continue reading Regency – background
Inspiration 3
This weeks short story for the course had to be based on a character who was remembering his/her father-in-law who had suffered from Polio. So I thought: Polio - school... When I had been in school we had a teacher who had suffered from polio as a child. She walked with sticks. This led me… Continue reading Inspiration 3
Inspiration 2
I was set a sentence that described an old photograph and asked to write a short story with it at the beginning. It was just a description of a tumbled down shack in the middle of nowhere but it got me thinking of this: Which is the dust bowl from the Great Plains that occurred in the 1930s.… Continue reading Inspiration 2
Inspiration
This is just a short post. You see I was watching a movie last night, I won't say which one as it is meant to be brilliant and I turned it off as I didn't like it at all. Anyway, I turned it off and started to flick through channels. And what I found was… Continue reading Inspiration
Kate Murray - Cleaver 