Chris, the story reading ape has been kind enough to allow me to introduce myself to an unsuspecting world of readers.
Thank you, Chris.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
Hello Chris and readers of the TSRA blog.
I thought it might be a good time to introduce myself. I’m a writer who has been doing a long (40 years) apprenticeship in the craft and art of being a poet and storyteller.
I write in a relatively unpunctuated free-verse style, and focus on the capture and close examination of thoughts passing by and of imagery that suggests itself in the natural world around me.
Recently I attended a writing retreat away up North in the Queensland Rain Forest and came away having concluded a few things:
- My apprenticeship is done. I consider myself a journeyman, now.
- I am now officially in a state and stage of transition. From Psychiatric Nurse to Writer. From Writer to Author.
- Not forgetting – Publisher.
In short, I committed to career transition in the lead up to an official retirement from my profession.
It was…
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Very nice, Frank, and congrats on coming to those conclusions!
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Thanks Ellen. It’s been an interesting journey, so far. I have another 4 or so of these scheduled and some newspaper interviews coming up. The world will be sick to death of me, before long, I suspect.
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I doubt that, Frank! What a great way to widen your circle.
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Great little write up 🙂
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I’ve done about five of these that will be progressively released over the coming weeks. Tried to keep them all a little different, a bit like Salome and her veils. Scary thought, that.
Glad you liked it.
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Being different while talking about the same subject is not always easy. It’s a good write up without being too over the top or too wordy.
Oh and I’m a sucker for teddy bears and stuffed toys so the web page banner is a hit with me! Just don’t use gollywogs Beechworth already got in trouble for that 🙂
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So very awesome.
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Thank you, I’m relieved it seems to have been received well. Quite a journey.
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