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Tag Archives: Roaring Girl
A philosophy of luck
My friend, Peter Matthiessen, was the first Dane to sail solo round the world. These days he makes Aries wind vanes, very clever self-steering mechanisms that keep a boat sailing at a consistent angle to the wind. Peter has a … Continue reading
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Tagged Aries, Melkjeven Commitment, Roaring Girl, Verulam Writers Circle
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Giglio and GPS
Isola Giglio is small, but it’s not that small. We have sailed from there south to Giannutri and Cittavecchia. We’ve sailed north past it from Rome to Elba. You can see a picture of tiny Giglio harbour on our travel … Continue reading
It’s who you know
Which fifteen fictional characters have influenced you most? Not just the ones you love, but who changed you? As a writer, a reader, as a person. As an adult, or from childhood. This question is floating around the net right … Continue reading
Why blog?
What has blogging ever done for me? Over at her Confident Writing site, Joanna Paterson has encouraged readers to consider What has blogging given you the confidence to write or create and then *share*… that you wouldn’t otherwise have done? … Continue reading
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Tagged Melkjeven, Roaring Girl, Social media, Writer, Writers Resources
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Which books are crucial crew?
When we moved from a house to a boat, I had a library of over 3000 books. Rather too many to put on to one 12m yacht, so some had to go. Most of them had to go. Very nearly … Continue reading
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Tagged Audre Lorde, Francine Prose, Jan Morris, Reading Like a Writer, Roaring Girl, Ursula K. Le Guin, Wild Law
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Writing on the water
Back ashore for a while, I’m missing our Roaring Girl. She’s currently ashore in Malta, after a great summer cruising around the edges of the Tyrennhian and Aegean seas. Strange though it may seem, though, it’s often easier to write … Continue reading
Good stories please
Jimmy Cornell is one of the great figures of long distance cruising. He first sailed away with wife and two small children in the mid-’70′s and has done three and half circumnavigations since, plus some stunning high-latitude voyages. His books, … Continue reading
