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Roger Penney

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Roger Penney Sit down and read a novel. Though often when I write something, particularly if it is poetry, I leave the rough manuscript for some weeks then go back…moreSit down and read a novel. Though often when I write something, particularly if it is poetry, I leave the rough manuscript for some weeks then go back to it. I often find that I can improve it.
I wonder that maybe when we write we may run ahead of ourselves as it were and the creative imagination dries up. To relax as I suggest above, or to put it aside allows that creative impulse to catch up.(less)
Roger Penney One gets a wonderful sense of achievement when a book or a poem is finished. That is when you have proof read it yourself and when friends also proof …moreOne gets a wonderful sense of achievement when a book or a poem is finished. That is when you have proof read it yourself and when friends also proof read When all this is done you know you have just made something unique. Every writer is an artist in his or her own way. Cooks are artists and are creative but their creations get eaten while your book, though it might not last for ever does remain and will do so after you have gone. (less)
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Charlotte, my grandaughter and I have been recording tasters. These include first chapters or the Introduction. In the case of the 'Poems of earth Sky and Beyond' we have recorded some few examples of the poems, a selection of different ones.
These we have published on Sound Cloud. As well as this Charlotte who is responsible for the website and doing some writing, has undertaken a complete renewa Read more of this blog post »
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“Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue" Socrates in The Apology.”
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