Looking for ways to free your creativity and generate new ideas? Try breaking out of your daily routine and doing things differently.

Do you always work in the same place? Try a new location. Pack up your laptop and head to the coffee shop, the park or the local library. Or just take a pad and pen with you to jot ideas, sketch, or mind map.

Don’t have time to read? Make time! Pick up a book and dig in. It can be a business book, or it can be the bestseller you have been meaning to read, a biography, or anything that interests you. If you are in the habit of reading, pick up a different kind of book.

Take up a new hobby or take a class. Learn ballroom dancing, quilting, or a new language. You will have fun and meet new people while acquiring a skill. Not only that, there are health benefits. Studies suggest that exercising your brain can help to protect you from the effects of Alzheimer’s and other conditions.

Work a different schedule. Do you keep ‘normal’ hours? Try working noon until 8 p.m. for a day or a week. Do you find that your energy is highest at certain times of the day? Adjust your work schedule to include those hours.

Take a new route to get places. Look for interesting places to explore.

Talk to people. Better yet, listen to people. Ask questions and really listen to the answers. People love to talk about themselves, so they will love you! And you will learn things you didn’t know.

Explore the arts. Attend a play, go to the movies, listen to the symphony, tour the museum or go to a favorite gallery.

Take your time. Don’t rush from one thing to another. Savor experiences and absorb them.

As you open your mind and participate in new experiences, you will find yourself coming up with new ideas. Take it from the Idea Lady!

Copyright Cathy Stucker. As the IdeaLady, Cathy Stucker helps authors, entrepreneurs and professionals attract customers and make themselves famous. Get creative ideas about marketing and more at http://www.IdeaLady.com/

With the compensation way of life growing around the planet, having professional indemnity cover is becoming ever more & more crucial. If you don’t presently have professionally indemnity insurance incorporated into your building insurance, then now is the instance to look into getting enhanced cover. Here is some info about why you require cover, and what to watch out for.

What is professional indemnity cover: Public Liability insurance is an insurance contract that shelters you from claims that other individuals might make against you in the event of an accident. If someone damages their possessions or harms themselves in or around your property or company then the professional indemnity insurance will shelter you for any expenses that could occur. Insurance can range from two-hundred and fifty pounds up to one million pounds.

What are you insured against: Insurance will insure cover for accidents or loss that others could experience in or around your residence or company premises. You are covered from claims from criminals as well as injury that could crop up to a person from falling objects or individuals carrying out repairs. If a disaster arises on your premises & someone claims against you, your insurance will support you to pay any costs. Get uk public liability insurance and be protected against property damage.

What’s included Various contents or property insurance covers include integrated liability insurance. You ought to check with your insurer whether this is the case, and if so what extent of protection you get. Even if the insurance is incorporated, you need to verify that you are accurately protected for any specific accidents that may perhaps occur.

Premiums: The premiums that you are likely to have to pay depend on the level of protection you need. If you only insure your house, then the costs are very likely to be not as much as than if you are wanting to cover a business. Yet, payments are pretty cheap inexpensive the level of cover that you have to pay for, and its as a result critical for any individual running a business.

The President of The United States of America is a very busy person indeed. The President has to worry about, not only every single aspect of American Life, the giant government bureaucracy, but also what is going on around the world in 280 plus countries. God knows that isn’t easy.

Imagine the information over load, the teams of consultants, staff and all the dirty politics you have to worry about? Then there is the media always coming up with something, some skewed view or event totally blown out of proportion. How on Earth can one person be on top of all that? Well, the fact is they cannot, but luckily like a big corporation there is more than just one person running it all, as there are layers of people and administrative structures to help.

Yet even so, how does one over see all of this and still have time to visit all the other nations around the world and converse with their leaders as well? It is not easy minding the country, much less being the leader of the entire free world a job, which seems to be understood by those who look at the President of the United States. I propose a solution, which would allow the President to visit all the countries of the World via virtual reality and HDHI (High Definition Holographic Imaging).

High Definition Holographic Imaging is the next generation of Holographic Technologies, which would provide an opaque image rather than a translucent one in 3D. Imagine a Virtual Reality Holographic image on our 360 X-Box in our living room, because it will soon be here. You see eventually we will communicate in video conferencing with the image of the other people sitting next us, but not actually there. With emissaries around the world each day the President could line up 10 meetings with foreign heads of state, by having his team simply set up the holographic imaging equipment in their countries which would consist of a 2-foot in diameter floor projector which was about 6 inches high and two other smaller projectors on the side. The device would be brought into the room and set up and then linked to the satellite via the nearest window.

The head of state of that nation would be video taped and that image sent to the president in the Situation Room at the White House and converted to 3D, 4D image and displayed in front of him. He would converse with the image and that image would converse with him with a one-second satellite delay each way of course. That’s how it works and I hope you like. Think on this.

“Lance Winslow” - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

Growing up, I always loved music, admired musicians, and still do. When I
entered college, a friend in my freshman dorm played the harmonica. I was
fascinated and envious. I had always wanted to play an instrument but we could
never afford lessons, let alone the ability to buy an instrument. But, when this guy
told me he bought it for two dollars, my heart leapt. Even I could afford that paltry
sum. So I immediately ran down to the local department store and bought my own.
It wasn’t until I got back to my room I realized I couldn’t play a note. It drove my
roommate crazy and so I had to resort to playing in the bathroom or stairwell. I
shouldn’t use the term “playing” at this juncture. It was making noise on a very
irritating level at best. But every spare minute between classes and studying, I
tackled “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” and other classics.

About three months later, I could play four or five nursery rhymes. Hey, it’s a
start. With this major accomplishment under my belt, I moved on to show tunes. My
family always had Broadway show music around like Camelot and Oklahoma, so,
naturally I gravitated toward what I knew. Later, I would try out the Beatles and the
Stones. By my senior year, I could play by ear. If I could hear it, I could play it.
Playing the harmonica was very therapeutic and satisfying. Then a few years later,
when I was at the home of a friend with a piano, they suggested that perhaps my
ear training could translate to the piano. I explained that I couldn’t afford a piano
and they told me to consider a cheap electric organ, which still used the same
keyboard.

I found a used table-top organ in the newspaper for about twenty dollars and
was excited. It was small with only three octaves, but it played well enough. Within a
few weeks, I was able to manage my nursery rhymes, all by ear. I was now in my late
twenties and continued with the organ for several years. Finally I traded it in for a
larger floor model and learned to play just about anything. There was only one
problem: I couldn’t read music or play any chords. So I got a few pieces of sheet
music for Broadway shows and gave it a try. By the time I was forty, I taught myself
chords and how to read music. I bought a cheap keyboard, finally graduating from
the organ. A few years later, I bought a proper keyboard with all the great features
allowing me to play many instrumental sounds.

With my new toy, I decided to expand my horizons and began collecting sheet
music from every genre from classic rock of the 50’s to jazz and blues. Recently, I
got a guitar for Christmas and am determined to learn to play my third instrument. I
actually played in the church band for a few years and really enjoyed the experience.
So why am I telling you this? Because it saved my life. No, I wasn’t dying of a rare
disease where music controlled the cancer or anything like that. Instead, it allowed
me to close out the rest of the crazy, stress-filled world and play the melodies and
harmonies that could soothe my muddled mind. It could transport me back in time
to my college days of the Jefferson Airplane when “White Rabbit” ruled the airwaves
or to “Tommy, the rock opera.” I could escape the rigors of social or economic
issues and relax.

I can’t think of a better way to lose yourself or push away the daily grind. It is
more than just therapeutic: it’s regenerating and energizing. I figure that if a forty
year old can teach himself to play, then anyone can. I started with the harmonica.
But discovered that it was one of the harder instruments to play because you can’t
see the holes and, therefore, have to play by ear. You can get a cheap keyboard and
tap out a tune in minutes. There are dozens of lessons on the Internet and
keyboards that are self-teaching using lights and technology.

The point is, it’s one of the least expensive ways to enjoy yourself and can be
enriching and rewarding. You don’t have to become a concert pianist to enjoy
yourself. You can plug in some earphones so you don’t annoy anyone around you
and it uses almost no electricity. I guarantee, whatever age you are, you can learn to
play and will be grateful when you have mastered even a few simple songs. It’s fun,
entertaining, and will give you endless hours of pleasure. If you have never
considered learning to play, make it a priority this year. No, I don’t work for
Baldwin, but I believe in the power of music. It’s an idea and a gift, from me to you.
And it just might save your life from boredom.

Jeffrey Hauser was a sales consultant for the Bell System Yellow Pages for
nearly 25 years. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Advertising
and has a Master’s Degree from Monmouth University. He had his own
advertising agency in Scottsdale, Arizona and ran a consulting and design
firm, ABC Advertising. He has authored 6 books and a novel, “Pursuit of the
Phoenix,” available at amazon.com. His latest book is, “Inside the Yellow
Pages.” Currently, he is the Marketing Director for http://www.thenurseschoice.com/,
a Health Information and Doctor Referral site.

Introduction

Every one of us came to the planet to figure out how to experience love in the human form. It is amusing to observe all the ways we try to find love, especially since most of us don’t even know what we are doing. But Love does exist. To truly recognize it, one must be willing to understand that it comes in many forms and in many ways. It only then makes sense to begin with who you are and where you are, on the life journey.

Love the one you are with. Whether you are around others or not, it doesn’t matter. The “one” that you must begin loving here is yourself. A big part of this self love, is in remaining loyal to your life journey for what it is. It is your soul’s curriculum, unique to your own divine unfoldment..

Unfortunately many religious and cultural programming has led us to believe that focusing on ourselves is selfish. Obviously narcissistic, egomaniac behavior is not proposed. Neither is self-negation and self-abuse. If you need an excuse to transition yourself into the self-love mode, imagine that how you treat yourself impacts the lives of others. When you treat yourself poorly, others suffer too. Your pain creates pain in the collective energy we share. Everyone gets a dose. When you treat yourself well, others benefit. We are all share the same world, collective consciousness and universe. Self-love therapy for ourselves heals us all.

The Challenge of “Self Love”

One of my great spiritual teachers, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, once challenged a group of us to attempt to love ourselves as much as we love G-d. “Loving G-d is the easy part”, he began, “but the real challenge is whether you can feel the same love you have for G-d, towards yourself”. I remember half the room of people who were there were completely speechless by this statement, because of both the simplicity of the teaching, yet the profound truth it was revealing at that moment to many of us. There was no question of how much we loved G-d, but the idea of loving ourselves with as much desire and yearning that we felt for Spirit felt both challenging and revealing. An idea that needed time to digest and explore.

In working with many people, both as a rabbi and a life coach, I have found that the idea of “self love” doesn’t come easy for most people. In fact, most people practice “being good to themselves” or refrain from “beating up on themselves” and that one day is considered “generous” or “progress”. This is because it is harder to see ourselves as we really are - standing in the Light that is our birthright, than to see it in others.

Why is this so?

Self is not a static “thing” that you are cherishing. Self is an energy that is alive, in constant flux and motion. It is a localized expression of an Overall Supreme Being. What we are is a Self that is dynamic, but in a body that is physical, temporal and a “thing”. And that is what creates the confusion. The Self is a verb (an action). While the body is a noun (static identity - person, place or thing). The difficult we often have with “self love” is when it is a noun we are seeking to love. When we seek a some “thing” to love, an it just doesn’t feel right, and so we turn away thinking, “I’m having a hard time loving myself”, “I’m not sure how”, or “I just don’t feel like its working”.

Once we understand what the concept of “Self” is it will be much easier to practice “Self love”.

I Am That I Am

Mystics love to remember when Moses, standing before the burning bush in his moment of Divine Encounter, asks in whose Name he is to act. It is here that G-d speaks the Sacred Name, E-heye Asher E-heye, I Am That I Am; and we have from then on the closest thing we will ever have for G-d’s name for Itself, a statement of unconditional being.

I Am is a statement which is constrained by no description whatsoever. It not only is a completely open-ended subject, but can actually function as a verb. E-heye Asher E-heye, while commonly translated as I Am as I Am, is literally translated from the original Hebrew as “I Am Becoming as I Am Becoming”. In other words, it is a verb in motion, changeless yet ever-changing, formless yet ever-evolving in the infinite and multi-faceted expressions of Creation. It is something we can sense and experience to some degree, but never completely apprehend its infinitude.

We might remember that the sacred name of I Am is our essential name as well. If we remember that the Divine Nature is our nature, then we know that the Divine Name is our name as well, only we condition this name by our own unique and individual characteristics. When I introduce myself and say, “My name is Michael,” I am conditioning the unconditioned with my own personality.

However, just as we condition the unconditioned, we can also slip the bounds of personality and rest again in unconditioned-ness, in the peace, power, and love that is G-d within us. Then we are remembering the true sacredness of our being and, for a time, reveling in the Nature that heals and inspires us.

Affirmation for this Moment

I am at peace; I am creative; I am the beloved place where G-d stands forth in the world as myself. Knowing who I am, I revere and honor the sacredness of my being every time I speak my own name. My name reminds me that my nature is Divine and that I have a magnificent inheritance in front of me. It is joyful for me to know who I truly am.

The Most Effective Place to Begin

We can begin to put self love in action by loving where we are at on the Journey. But the secret to doing this step right is that loving where we are at must also include loving all our present obstacles. While the idea seems odd at first, and often contrary to what we may really be feeling, it is one of the inevitable gates we must enter in order to restored to true wholeness.

The key here is allowance and acceptance of your Self. This means accepting your entire HUMAN SELF, with all its parts, desirable or not. It is not until we accept our human selves that our Divine Selves can emerge.

From a Coaching Perspective - What this step is about

Most of us have experienced feeling stuck, overwhelmed or just confused, in one way or another. It can be related to a very specific project (e.g. experiencing writer’s block). Or It can be a more complex situation, like deciding whether it is time to end a relationship or not. Often it can also be more all encompassing — a general sense of “stuckness” that colors all of life.

Until you acknowledge, accept and appreciate where you are in your life right now, you won’t truly be able to move on. That is all this step is saying. Many successful coaching approaches demonstrate that spending too much of one’s time in solving problems is rarely satisfactory in the long-term, and instead we should focus on what we want to create. We ALL create, everything from good relationships, to successful meeting outcomes, to careers, and yes… music, paintings, inventions, sculptures and books. But the importance of acceptance first, before we create, will enable us to create our goals freely as opposed to allowing our conflicts to fuel our need to “run away from”.

Why this step is important

When you’re fighting against where you are, you’re automatically stuck.

When you love where you are, you stop spending all your energy trying to escape. You can get rid of what’s bugging you.
You find clues about what direction to take.

The paradox: once you love where you are, you’ll start to move.
Guaranteed.

What will your life look like when you love where you are?

You feel an incredible sense of relief there’s nowhere you have to “get to”.

There’ll be less junk: junk things, junk behavior.

You develop more appreciation for the people in your life.

You begin to notice opportunities embedded in your situation.
You cultivates a deeper sense of self-knowing, awareness and sensitivity.

Begin to release resistance and fear.

You allow the creative feminine flow of energy.

Two mistakes we all make when beginning this step:

Trying to figure out “what to do”, when you don’t need to do anything at this first initial step.

Judging your present life as bad or wrong. NEVER put a value judgment on where you are at on the Path. Even when it is challenging, avoid the word, “bad” or “evil”. Perhaps use terms like, “difficult”, “challenging”, etc.. Better yet, begin looking at your life in terms of seasons. If its a “winter” time in your life, that means you are SUPPOSED TO be hibernating, cocooning, metamorphsizing, etc.. When its spring again, you will know it. See life for what it is, in all its changes and cycles, without feeling compelled to put a value judgment on it.

AMEN = Affirmation and Acceptance

“Amen” is the archetypal biblical response of affirmation and acceptance. It appears thirty times in the Hebrew Bible, and always carries nuances of truth, trust and reliability. Whether it was used as a response to curses or blessings, to prayers of praise and thanks, or to prayers of petition, it expressed the speaker’s endorsement of the preceding statement or event.

The Hebrew Bible records an interesting event where six of the tribes of Israel ascend Mount Gerizim, the other six tribes of Israel ascend Mount Eybal, while the priests, Levites and Holy Ark remain below between the mountains. The Levites turn first towards Mount Gerizim proclaiming the blessings and then towards Mount Eybal proclaiming the curses, and with each pronouncement the Israelites atop the mountains respond Amen BOTH to the blessings and the curses !! (Deuteronomy 27:12 B.T. Sotah, ibid., , Rashi ad loc).

Metaphysical Principle:

When you begin to love where you are at, and even bless the “enemies” that come along the Path, they have no hold on you.

Conclusion

While loving ourselves is often something that is easier said than done, we can always begin cherishing where we are at, regardless of circumstances. This frees up the energy to move forward, but most importantly, we begin to appreciate the time with spend with ourselves along the way, and through each season. Our journey becomes a lot more like an adventure to live, than a crisis to be solved.

Copyright 2004 by Michael Ozair, Los Angeles, CA. Prepared in collaboration with KabbalahCoach.com.

Rabbi Michael Ozair has been providing spiritual guidance for the last 15 years to a very wide and diverse range of people. He is an ordained rabbi, a well sought after scholar in the area of Kabbalah, published author, life purpose coach and spiritual counselor. Michael’s expertise stems from merging his knowledge as a teacher of metaphysics with his experience in practical counseling. He can be reached at coach@kabbalahcoach.com or by visiting his website at http://www.kabbalahcoach.com

Writing specific Genres

What is a ‘genre’? It’s a fancy French word for ‘type’ or ‘kind’. A ‘Thriller’ is a ‘type’ of story. Thrillers therefore make up a ‘genre’. Some genres have become so ‘reduced to practice’ that they are actually cliches of themselves. The detective story, for example, or the bodice ripper. This is not necessarily a bad thing - a solid framework in which to set your story saves YOU lots of time when writing, and your READER lots of time when reading. After all, if you have both agreed the groundrules upfront by settling on a genre, you don’t need to do it in the plot! The solidity of these conventions can lead some critics to claim certain genres are predictable, and therefore less worthwhile - at www.GetPlotted.com we don’t necessarily agree. For example, a soap opera is entirely predictable, yet runs year in year out, giving pleasure to millions, and making a fortune for it’s creators! The ‘Harry Potter’ series might almost have been written by a machine, it is so predictable. Doesn’t stop it making JK Rowling multimillions every year!

Key to succeeding in a particular genre is to understand the conventions of that genre. In the same way that a well prepared steak dinner consists primarily of steak, not fish, a plot set in a specific genre has a ‘menu’ of sorts to follow. Fantasy stories have their wicked wizards, cuddly hobbits and stern elves, detective novels have their hard bitten private eyes, mysterious motives, and unreasonable station captains. If you stray outside these conventions (unwritten agreements between writer and reader), you may find it hard to sustain your audience’s interest, because… you are making them work. They are having to think. And remember, you want them to devote their thinking power to imagination, filling in the blanks in your narrative, and picturing the scene, NOT trying to guess why on earth your hobbit is lesbian, has a degree in business management, and a hand held laser.

Because you will write much faster and more confidently if you truly understand the conventions of the genre you are tackling, it may help if you ’spell it out’ explicity. In other words, write down the features that YOU believe make up a good example of the genre. You can use the ‘ScratchPad’ feature at www.GetPlotted.com for this, or even create a plotcard layout, with one card for each salient point. What kind of characters populate these novels - what their typical motivations are, and all the other facts about the genre that make it part of the set. Or you can just jot it down with a pen and paper - the choice is yours. Spelling it out like this will also help you if you intend to ‘upset the genre’ or ‘turn it on its head’. This can be VERY rewarding, but also VERY difficult to pull off. As an example, think ‘Artemis Fowl’ novels - a set of detective stories featuring an Elf, and riding roughshod over most of the conventions accepted for both the fantasy and detective genres. Most new writers would be well advised to master the genre before trying to subvert it!

Let’s take a look at the most popular genre, the ‘thriller’. This is a catch-all genre that has many sub-genres. Typically (and therefore a convention!) the protagonists, as in all stories, have a problem, BUT, they can’t solve it using conventional measures - they need to step outside the box in order to fix the problem. Also typically, the problem is BIG, it threatens the town, society or even world our characters inhabit. There’s a LOT at stake, and this needs to be introduced early in order to ‘thrill’ the reader. The solution to the problem, being ‘out of bounds’, is usually illegal (or close to legality, although undoubtedly justified!), may be violent, may require technical brilliance and high drama, but shouldn’t require our heros to behave in a ’superhuman’ fashion - i.e. it should be believable. If you make your established characters behave ‘uncharacteristically’, you will lose your audience fast.

The sub genres include political thrillers, disaster thrillers, crime thrillers etc. Disaster thrillers tend to fall into 2 camps - natural and man made. In natural disasters, (’giant meteor threatens earth’) either the hero or society tends to risk death if the disaster is not averted. Sometimes both! The basic plotline usually centers around who will survive and how. In a man made disaster (’evil corporation poisons lake’), on the other hand, the main theme is usually how to prevent the disaster manifesting itself. The job of the protagonist is to save whatever is at stake (the world, the town); as in all good plots, at some point the hero must go from simply reacting to taking charge in order to save the day. Protagonists, even if loners, almost always have sidekicks. Throughout the story, the challenges faced by the hero get more intense, and the solutions become more extreme, leading to a climax where (typically) the job is done. Other genres of course have other rules.

Countless skiers will shortly be searching for their ski equipment and dashing forth seeking the biggest snow.

And doubtless the impact of our carbon footprint will be about as far down the list of vacation essentials as a xmas cracker after the Christmas holidays.

But last winter, a late snowfall was in the broadsheets and tourists were panicky about the flecks of snow disappearing nearly as soon as they landed.

Ski company Chalet1802, located at the foot of Mount Blanc in Chamonix the French Alps, is one of the first autonomous firms to go carbon neutral and give snowboarders an environmentally friendly selection when reserving their ski vacations.

Chalet1802 owner Sahara said: Last winter was a bit of a surprise with the most warm winter in sixty years in the French Alps. French skiing areas such as La Plagne, Araches-la-Frasse and Espace Killy lacked clients.It was mild and the snow did not last so a lot of the early winter ski season in the French Alps was uneven. We decided to go carbon negative to help preserve the snowboarding resort.

Sahara said: We’re not seeking to prescribe to guests but we think its of import to give the clients the alternative without augmenting the price of the stay. When the guest book with us they may more than off set their carbon footprint and we take in the added costs. Naturally we still have a sauna and a hot tub - guests want lavishness but not at the expense of the environs, so we looked at ways of decreasing the results of a skier flying over here for a ski holiday.”

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“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.” - Cormac McCarthy

“It took me 15 years to find out that I had no talent for writing, but by then I couldn’t give it up, because by then I was too famous to give up.” - Robert Benchley

To be a published writer is one of the most rewarding occupations and pastimes - both financially and creatively. I find it a very satisfying and enjoyable activity.

I can’t each you how to write, let alone how to be a writer. All I can do is give you some tips and guidelines, which hopefully will make it a lot easier…if that is what you really want to do. They are all based on what I have learnt by doing it myself - usually through the long process of trial and error. I hope they are interesting and helpful to you in your quest to be a writer.

There are no ABC’s in writing. Having the ability to put words down on paper is only the beginning to writing. There is a great deal more to be learned on the techniques.

There is a huge market for creative work. As a result of enormous demand, editors and publishers are continually on the lookout for new writers and fresh ideas. Freelance writers can earn good fees and royalties. However, I found that one has to specialise and make decisions: either write books or articles for “maggies”.

What is the size of the market? There are over 50000 magazines and newspapers published in English world wide, including the gate-way to the Asian market in Singapore. Incidentally, I believe the Far East is the growth area for English books in the future. Thousands of fiction and non-fiction books are published each year, as well as countless radio and television scripts. There are also numerous stage plays performed throughout the world. So you can see that there are enormous outlets for your writing - especially if you have more than a touch of talent…and I’m sure many of you do.

Once you have learned how to write for these markets, you should have no difficulty selling your work.

Don’t give up after rejection follows rejection. Whatever you do, PERSERVERE. Remember perserverance and not talent is often the difference between a published and an unpublished writer.

* I believe that writing is a skill, which like other artistic skills, you can learn and develop with practice. Just like a sportsman or artisan, the more you write, the better you will become. So write as often as you can. I definitely feel that my writing abilities have improved dramatically in the last two* long years, since I have totally dedicated myself to the pursuit. * Now ten!

I do not think that an aspiring writer needs any special educational qualifications or background to be a writer. Writers come from all walks of life and all backgrounds. Look at me! My father was a life assurance salesman, then rose to executive. The only family link is my grandfather Billy, who was a sports journalist.

Because writing is a relatively easy and inexpensive pursuit to get into, nearly everyone has the same opportunities. However, how far you go will largely depend upon your own creative talent and application. Also how much you really DESIRE to be a writer. N.B.DETERMINATION and PERSISTENCE more than anything else will get you there. I believe that most people will find abundant amounts of these qualities within them. If you look hard enough and are really tested. But only once they have found what it is that they really want to do with their lives. Hopefully there’ll be more writers around in the future, because they are “the eyes of the world”. You see the world through the unique perspective of the author.

Enough on that subject. I’ve written plenty about it in my book STEPS TO SUCCESS, PROSPERITY and HAPPINESS already. Plug plug!

Everyone has their own style of writing, as well as their unique life experiences they may wish to share in the form of words. Also they have their own reasons for wanting to write. To journal to merely express your thoughts and feelings, or with the aim of publication - to be read by others. I’m definitely not the “arty-farty-airy-fairy” type of writer, as I only write for a reason, a PURPOSE - to try to make a difference in the world through the power of the written word. To touch lives (pervert!) and make an impact on people through encouraging, uplifting, enlightening and hopefully even inspiring people around the globe. That’s me (and was my original intention and vision when I started out)… But no matter your reason for wanting to write, I find it the most satisfying and enjoyable “occupation/pursuit” I’ve ever had… and this has now evolved into something far bigger than I could ever have imagined.

(And with the invention of the www it’s now so much easier to be published and let your words touch lives around the globe… and you too can use this amazing tool of instant communication).

There is tremendous power in imagination: YOUR creative imagination. Albert Einstein stated: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Napoleon believed that “the human race is governed by it’s imagination.”

Pascal: “Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice and happiness, which is everything in this world.” Use it well and it’s amazing power will astound you - in your writing as well as in all areas of your life.

I hope the above information may be helpful to you in writing creatively and getting published.

Enjoy the writing journey (of self discovery, as well as personal growth)

Happy writing

Craig Lock http://www.craiglock.com http://www.craiglockbooks.com

“It took me 15 years to find out that I had no talent for writing, but by then I couldn’t give it up, because by then I was too famous to give up.” - Robert Benchley

“The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation. But the light would have you soar like the eagle of your sacred visions.” - Alan Cohen

Craig Lock’s humorous travel book ‘Here, There and Everywhere’: This is a captivating account of Craig’s adventures while traveling in Europe with some family members. His style takes you in his journeys with him and allows you to experience his anecdotes first hand. In the style of Bill Bryson, ‘Here, There and Everywhere” tells tales of his ‘crazy’ escapades in his younger years through ‘Grate’ Britain and the Continent and is available at: http://www.kompuwiz.com/kompustore (click on “SoulfulBooks”)

Writing Course: http://www.craiglock.com/downloads/cwcourse.html (the “original” online creative writing course)

P.S: Don’t worry about the world ending today… it’s already tomorrow in “little” scenic and tranquil New Zealand THIS ARTICLE MAY BE FREELY PUBLISHED

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