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Lessons of a Writer
Hello, I hope you are well. The Koyal Writers have been running a series on their website over the last few months called ‘Lessons of a Writer’. As one-seventh of the group, it was my turn to contribute a few words recently, so I wrote about what I learned when faced with the question of… →
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Ramadan, Reading, and the Pen
Ramadan, the holy month of Islam, has arrived. As well as being the month when Muslims around the world fast from the break of dawn to the setting of the sun each day, it is the month in which the Qur’an, Islam’s sacred text, was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.… →
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Creating through Curating
I have had fun recently over on the Koyal Writers’ website putting together a ‘found poem’ using the answers from our ‘7 Questions with the Koyals’ blog series. The blog series yielded such a rich body of references, imagery, and insight into our writers that I wanted to somehow capture some of that in one… →
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In The Spotlight
It’s my turn in the spotlight over at the Koyal Writers’ website this week where we have been doing a series of blogs to introduce each of our members. As there are seven members in the group, we came up with the idea of posing the same seven questions to each of us. The questions… →
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Jump-Back-In January
Yes, I’ve been away. Now what on earth can I say To account for all the missing time? I don’t really know But I will give it a go, And try to do the whole thing in rhyme. I’m a mother, that’s true, But my son’s nearly twenty-two, So it’s not like he needs me… →
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