Hastings Signpost © 2013 Mufidah Kassalias
Although Hastings gave its name to the Battle of Hastings — when William II of Normandy defeated King Harold II of England in 1066 — it’s over 6 miles southeast of the battle site, which itself became the town of Battle, forming around the Abbey that was built in 1095 to commemorate the Norman Conquest.
Daisies © 2013 Mufidah Kassalias
Moving on, moving around, a few days here and a week or so there. Packing and unpacking. Settling in to a new situation for long enough to feel settled before picking up sticks again and moving on.
In the flow of constant change there are inevitable casualties. Some days you wake up to no clean socks, others to the realisation that the book you want to read is halfway across town with the small collection of belongings unloaded temporarily from the car. But these sort of things are minor in comparison to the casualty of concentration, a necessity for writing.
The irony, though, is that life itself tends to be full of inspiration when everything’s in flux.
Mufidah & Sean—Happy Folk
If you’ve always liked the idea of dropping into the conversation that you’ve got a couple of writers-in-residence staying with you for a short time, then why not take a look at this possibility?
Alternatively, if you’d like to bring a Write from the Heart writing workshop to your town, then do get in touch — we’d love to hear from you!
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Bergerac on the Dordogne © 2013 Mufidah Kassalias
In mid-April Sean and I drove 560 kilometres (350 miles) north east of Burgos to Bergerac in the Dordogne region of France. Although we’d enjoyed our time in Spain, making friends and immersing ourselves in northern Spanish life, it was time to move on, to return to the UK for the spring and summer, and to run our Write from the Heart writing workshops. Continue reading
“Some of this book — perhaps too much — has been about how I learned to do it. Much of it has been about how you can do it better. The rest of it — and perhaps the best of it — is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.”
— Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Brighton Fishing Quarter © 2013 Mufidah Kassalias
The golden hour outside the Fishing Museum in the Brighton Fishing Quarter, with a boat from the Newhaven fishing fleet, registration NN153.
