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imagine: The long road to completion-an introduction.
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Tuesday, 23 August 2011. The long road to completion-an introduction. It's excruciating bridging the gap between what I will. To happen and what actually is; what I'm capable of and what i want to be capable of, what i see compared to the words i write. Here is an embarrassing example from 9 years ago, lifted verbatim from the very first draft of Flight of Faith (It refers to London in the seventies and the flat i lived in):. Posted by About me.
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imagine: The long road.
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Sunday, 21 August 2011. Flight of Faith. 1984. Oil on canvas. First the painting now the book! Flight of Faith. A memoir of life as an artist in Tuscany. Living the dream and surviving the reality. The 20 years i lived in Tuscany before moving to Australia in 2000, form the basis of this memoir. Is faith being routed or taking wing? Am I running away, fleeing, or am I about to soar? Has the spell finally been broken? Posted by About me.
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imagine: January 2013
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Tuesday, 15 January 2013. Above the Lake. (Official). Not quite yet- death of a blogger! After such an unseemly interlude between posts (time flies with post-Mayan haste) but it has become evident that mine isn't going to be a rags to riches overnight success story (perseverance furthers advises the I Ching, although equally it suggests there is no point in entering the field if there is nothing to hunt! Amazing. I guess with the millions of s...
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imagine: A crowded market place and then some!
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Wednesday, 12 October 2011. A crowded market place and then some! I attended a workshop. In Byron Bay NSW. The Boy in the Green Suit. What makes me so interesting? Critical to know for someone writing a memoir and a question that I was hard pressed. Put it to me. And of course, has set off a train of thought ever since, on how to answer, a process aided by composing query letters, helping me to comprehend what the book is about? Eat, Pray,Love?
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imagine: Title alert! Under A Tuscan Spell. The Artist's tale.
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Sunday, 13 November 2011. Under A Tuscan Spell. The Artist's tale. What's in the title? As an artist I'm usually pretty intuitive about finding titles for my paintings and composing them has become a part of my artistic ritual: the final flourish, the artist's statement, nailing it down in a phrase and signing off on the painting. Coming back to Flight of Faith. So announcing the latest manifestation: Under A Tuscan Spell. The Artist's tale. The t...
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imagine: David Malouf responds and a message to Irene Goodman.
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Sunday, 27 November 2011. David Malouf responds and a message to Irene Goodman. Suddenly Under a Tuscan spell. Sounds really lame, but I still like The Artist's tale part. The problem is how to introduce Tuscany into the title, to alert the reader to the theme of the book and hopefully arouse curiosity. But has advised me it needs to be tightened up further "put in its most attractive form" before a publisher will take it. To be honest I wasn't su...
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imagine: November 2011
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Sunday, 27 November 2011. David Malouf responds and a message to Irene Goodman. Suddenly Under a Tuscan spell. Sounds really lame, but I still like The Artist's tale part. The problem is how to introduce Tuscany into the title, to alert the reader to the theme of the book and hopefully arouse curiosity. But has advised me it needs to be tightened up further "put in its most attractive form" before a publisher will take it. To be honest I wasn't su...
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imagine: Briefest view from the top and a false start.
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Tuesday, 30 August 2011. Briefest view from the top and a false start. Only a brief moment of respite, having climbed the mountain, planted my flag, exalted in my primacy and taken in the view, before heading down to join the unfamiliar fray of literary agents, publishers, writers, bloggers and sundry. A reality check: up one mountain and lo and behold another one to climb! 8213;a huge stack cluttering up the side of my desk. I am not going to go ...
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imagine: October 2011
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On the road to publishing a memoir, the artist's journey. Wednesday, 12 October 2011. A crowded market place and then some! I attended a workshop. In Byron Bay NSW. The Boy in the Green Suit. What makes me so interesting? Critical to know for someone writing a memoir and a question that I was hard pressed. Put it to me. And of course, has set off a train of thought ever since, on how to answer, a process aided by composing query letters, helping me to comprehend what the book is about? Eat, Pray,Love?
