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Trade in your Old Ideas for New, or Keep the Old?
Remember the fairy tale Aladdin and the wicked sorcerer's attempt to get his magic lamp back by walking the streets and crying, "New lamps for old!"? If you had an old lamp you could hand it in and be given a brand new one, an amazing deal for someone who wants a new...
“I cried when I read your edit…”
I don't often blow my own trumpet but I did want to share this beautiful response from an editing client: Hi Liliane, I cried when I read your edit, it's so freakin awesome! You've transformed a mess of ideas into something truly beautiful. I cannot thank you enough!...
Passive or Private?
It was a blast to be teaching again via Learning Laneway. I presented my 'Free Your Creative Voice & Impact Your Readers' introductory session online a couple of weeks ago, and it was so good to be sharing this material again after quite a long time out of...
Free Your Creative Writing Voice
I am enlightened to once again be offering an intro to my Creative Writing course! "Enlightened?" you ask. Well, I'm also doing a deep dive into language and how it's been used to control us over the last few hundred years. It was pointed out to me that the prefix...
Christmas smashed, New Year saturated!
After a beautiful day with family on the 25th December, my husband and I settled down to watch a movie just after 8.00pm. Lightning was flashing outside and we were looking forward to some rain for the garden, but we were not expecting what was about to happen. About...
W.H.O.’s on First?
You know that great comedy routine by Abbott & Costello in the black & white era?("Who's on first, What's on second and I-don't-know's on third...") It's fairly straightforward by comparison with the trick being played on us by the W.H.O.,which is...