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Why authors should learn to draw

Tom Evans | 5:42 pm 19 May 10 Comments 6

I’ve just finished reading an excellent book by Cat Bennett called The Confident Creative: Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind.

When I read Cat’s book, I realised that being able to draw is not something which is a nice-to-have skill – perhaps just so I could do my own illustrations or even my front cover. There are areas of the brain (and mind) that are activated, exercised and honed by the very act of drawing. As such, for authors, drawing actually makes you a better writer.

Tags: Betty Edward, Cat Bennett, Draw, Findhorn Press, Visual Arts, whole brain thinking —

social media workshops for publishers

Jon Reed | 3:11 pm 02 Sep 09 Comments Off

OK, shameless plug alert. You may know I’ve been running in-house workshops for publishers on social media marketing for a while now. You may even have been on one. Some of you may be interested to know that, from October, I’m running some workshops in London that you can attend at an individual delegate rate.
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