Where I Write

I aspired to write because I could do it anywhere. I imagined skipping between tropical islands and endless lattes in welcoming cafes. But when I finally left my corporate job to realize my dream, I couldn't have predicted the weird and wonderful places I'd plant my laptop in the hope of silence, distraction, inspiration, or just an urgent need to immortalize the words whirring around in my head.

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Up in the air, where the wifi cannot reach, I write on paper until my skin is so dry there is nothing left to do but flip through OK Magazine and hope that the trauma of the trash will be forgotten as soon as my feet are on the earth. This is more than a mile high!

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Drum roll please…..Announcing the birth of my passion project, the Estoria Club. An international members club for vivacious writers, a secret society of sorts, hosting events in Sydney, London and New York soon! Check out the website: http://www.estoriaclub.com  

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For my Aussies, pick up December's issue of The Collective Hub Magazine, turn to page 119 and read my latest piece, 'The Big Question'... Based on my dear friend and inspiration Amanda Collins, who is founder of Save Your Sole, which has just launched in Australia.... "When Amanda signed an exit deal that meant she never needed to work again, it was the ultimate freedom. But then came the ultimate question: should you retire young?"

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Golden moments of inspiration… Being creative is as much about taking a break to ponder as it is about what we decide to let surface at the end of the day.

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Spotted on the cobbled streets of Shoreditch this morning…this coveted feather waiting patiently to be retrieved. One bird’s trash is clearly an artist's treasure!

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A plea from Patti Smith...

"Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book." From her Acceptance speech at the National Book Awards in 2010.

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Beds and books are indistinguishable from each other. Both enable our dreams.

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The past is our future…and there are all sorts of rainbows there.

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#silence #amwriting #books

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In love with your page

Thank you soooo much! That means a lot to me!!! Sometimes you wonder if what you put out into the world makes a difference to even one person 😉

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Choose carefully...

"We only need to choose our words carefully and we can make other people happy." - Thich Nhat Hanh

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Musings on Italy

It has all the quirks of an old man who remembers his prime with pride, indulges in the pleasures of his present, and let’s his inner child run rampant.

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….a guest in this glorious villa in Sicily, it is impossible to write. There is too much seafood and wine and laughter, and too sharp is the appreciation that these are the last shreds of summer.

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As heavy as my thoughts on days like this.

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To the girl on the tube who handed me this...thank you...

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Try it, you'll surprise yourself how magical it is to give love without expectation.

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Words Matter

If there is no word for it you can only feel it, not express it, digest it, nor leave it behind.