« People often ask me this question : "Is writing therapeutic for you?"
[The books] do sometimes deal with themes from my own life. They do. But I realised that [...] the therapeutic effect comes from the writing itself. The feeling of shutting out everything else. Creating this intense presence between yourself and the words. [...] The feeling of being so present gives my life tremendous meaning. »
Danish writer Helle Helle, in interview : https://youtu.be/JmrQNdn4Bk0
Il y a des matins de café filtre et des matins d'espresso : le plus difficile est encore de distinguer les deux, parce que quand le choix est le bon, c'est toute la journée qui prend une meilleure teinte.
#DigitalGardens At first I felt very excited to share my notes on my digital garden, and now I'm rethinking it. I feel somewhat exposed, not knowing where to put the line between what is shareable and what should be private. It also feel like I'm still in a quest for validation more than to #LearnInPublic. Maybe I have to think in private for a while.
Other #pkm enthusiasts, any insights on the "public" dimension of sharing your notes?
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In the non-techy world this is generally known as "CamelCase".
(Techy people may call it PascalCase)
It was a fruitful week : submitting my first novel, applying for grants for a second one, doing copy editing on the side, preparing my taxes... A week my young self wouldn't have dared to imagine when they were dreaming of living a writer's life.
I'm proud of the choices who drove me here.
C'était une semaine riche : soumission du manuscrit de mon premier roman, demandes de financement pour un second, de la révision à côté, préparation d'impôts... Bref, une semaine que mon jeune moi n'aurait pas pu imaginer quand il rêvait de vivre de l'écriture.
Je suis heureux des choix qui m'ont mené ici.
I find that everytime I have a good #writing day the next day is a total slump : I can't even put two words together. I don't know what it says about my #creativeProcess, but it is a recurrent thing.
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