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Paul Holbrook

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Paul Holbrook is a writer from North Yorkshire.

Although rushing headlong towards middle age at a nauseating speed, Paul only started writing with any serious intent a couple of years ago after finding that his subconscious had been unnaturally busy, trapping an ever growing and dangerous gang of ideas deep within his brain.

This fragile cage, in which they had been sat drumming their fingers and dreaming of freedom for so long, had reached bursting point and so he decided that the only safe thing to do for all concerned was to release some of them into the community.

It started, as all terrible addictions do, small and seemingly harmless.

First a couple of poems, then the odd short story, until finally, one morning, he awoke with a fully fo
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Paul Holbrook Luckily it's not something I've really had to deal with yet. There are times when I do find myself staring at a blank screen , but I generally will cl…moreLuckily it's not something I've really had to deal with yet. There are times when I do find myself staring at a blank screen , but I generally will close the laptop lid, go and do something else and then come back an hour or so later. The answers and inspiration are always in there somewhere, you just have to wait until they are ready to reveal themselves.(less)
Paul Holbrook For me it's having a channel for my hummingbird mind. I think too much, dangerously so sometimes, and when I say dangerous I mean to me personally rat…moreFor me it's having a channel for my hummingbird mind. I think too much, dangerously so sometimes, and when I say dangerous I mean to me personally rather than to others.

Writing is all about releasing my inner voice in controlled stages, because if I try to keep it contained it ends up turning poisonous and taking me to a place where no one would go willingly.

Writing makes and keeps me happy, like medication... but tastier.

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