I was lying on a sunbed on Stoupa Beach today when I discovered that I'd let the domain name lapse for SwaggerAndSoul.com! While all my domains are on auto-renew, I had some problems with my bank in the early part of the year (very long complicated story!) and my card had declined. Not because of a lack of cash, because the account had been closed summarily after a mix-up with companies house and my accountant. Who is my brother-in-law to be. Told you it was a long, complicated story. … [Read more...]
Stoupa Morning
Sun trips over mountain Sparrows chatter nonsense Naked mulberry trees Claw hands to the sky A drunk tilted lifeguard tower Propped by shining pole The barking dog on cliff roof Drowns out squawking bird Blue glittered sea reflects Storm clouds over mountains © Nicola Cairncross 2018 … [Read more...]
Playing Hookey! A Birthday Roadtrip To Areopoli…
One of the things I love most about being self-employed is having total control over my own diary. My brother Alex arrived from Australia for a few weeks, having just been made redundant from his high flying corporate job after 18 years at the same company. He's already enjoying job and consultancy offers already, but after months of waiting for the axe to fall, he needed a change of scene. On discovering it was my birthday, he found out my favourite thing to do is go to Takis' Fish … [Read more...]
Write Club The Podcast | It’s Mental Health Week
It's Mental Health Awareness Week and we discuss writers who suffered, as well as how mental health is dealt with in novels. Steph tells us about the research she did for "Lacking Grace" and we update each other on how our writing lives are going. Heather reads from her WIP and Nicola and Jackie Smith share what is currently on their bedside tables. Write Club The Podcast is a weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa Stoker, … [Read more...]
Reading From My New Novel & We Talk Writing As Therapy
In today's episode, I read for the first time from my very new novel, we talk about how writing can be very therapeutic and Heather's back on the team. Listen to more episodes and subscribe at WriteClubThePodcast.com … [Read more...]
Podcasts
I host or co-host three podcasts - you might enjoy one or all of them, they are all 100% free. There's Write Club, for aspiring writers, published authors and readers. There's Own It! which I co-host with Judith Morgan and it's all about being an entrepreneur and having a life, then there's Clicks & Leads, for business owners who want to build a powerful personal brand online. Write Club The Podcast | For aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere Own It! … [Read more...]
Sunday
The olive men came today with their nets and their chainsaws, rupturing my Sunday with loud buzzing, shouted instructions and much laughter. Not before time, as the the ripe olives have been silently dropping with purple thuds, staining stone and plastic alike for a week or so now. Where do they come from, the olive men and women, and who calls them? How do they know it’s the right time for this tree or that? Perhaps there is a secret schedule they follow, hundreds of years old, arriving … [Read more...]
Write Club The Podcast | Episode 001
A weekly show for writers (and readers!) everywhere. Join Steph, Theresa, Heather, Linda, Pat & Nicola each week where they'll share guest interviews along with what they're reading, what they're writing, what it's really like to be a writer, then you can join in the weekly Name the Novel quiz and find out "What's On The Bedside Table?" and more. In Episode 1, you get to meet our Write Club members and find out what gets Linda all riled up! … [Read more...]
Choosing A Book
Sighing in exasperation, Nicola realised she'd read everything in the "Starting A Business" section in Books Etc, Oxford St. She'd either read them all or didn't like the look of them, titles such as "How To Incorporate Your Business" being too dry, by far. She was looking for the secret you see, the secret of success in business, the one thing that had eluded her thus far. Little did she know that she was making a fundamental error about businesses, every time she set up a new one. A … [Read more...]
The Wooden Box
Madeline saw the wooden box in the window of the junk shop and was drawn to it immediately. She opened the door and jumped slightly as the old fashioned bell tinkled above her head. "Hello dear!" said the tiny, old lady who appeared from behind the ancient lace curtain hanging between the shop and the sitting room behind. "Hello" replied Madeline, envying the old lady her roaring fire which looked very cosy on this cold wet day in November. "I really like that wooden box in the window, … [Read more...]
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