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‘Jesus Christ’ – historical figure or symbolic figure?
I promised to some of what I've been learning about the Jesus story. There's a lot – and it's fascinating! Image courtesy Márta Valleytíny and Pixabay Firstly, having had a Jewish upbringing, I was taught that Jesus was a spiritual teacher but certainly not the...
The Year That Flew Past
It's a cliché to talk about how fast a year is going but I think I have the crowning example: I knew I was overdue to write a blog but didn't realise I had missed five months! I sent the last one in July, actually on the 18th of July, the day...
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...