Welcome to the latest edition of my newsletter! As we embark on a new year filled with hope and aspirations, many of us have set our New Year’s resolutions. However, it’s no secret that these resolutions often fizzle out before February arrives. In this edition, we’ll explore why New Year’s resolutions tend to fail andContinue reading “Unlocking the Power of New Year’s Resolutions with Jungian Psychology”
Category Archives: Author Perspective
The curious alchemy of writer and illustrator
Why did I decide to write 10 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Money? What makes it different? What is its special alchemy? Sometimes books are the fruit of a long obsession, of years of dreaming, plotting, planning. Sometimes they’re born of a throwaway remark, a chance encounter, a lightbulb moment when you think whatContinue reading “The curious alchemy of writer and illustrator”
They mug so elegantly, the financially literate
The three key psychological hacks financial fraudsters deploy. Not for them the glinting knife in some dark back alley. The tools of their trade are Savile Row suits and exclusive golf club membership. As we saw in the case of Bernie Madoff. He defrauded thousands of investors out of tens of billions of dollars overContinue reading “They mug so elegantly, the financially literate”
Money: angels, demons and family
Hello my friends. Most of what I post on Twitter is about sunrises and sunsets and my periodic swims in the North Sea. I post things that raise my spirits because boy, do we will need it. But I have a day job, I’ve always had a day job. Once upon a time, in aContinue reading “Money: angels, demons and family”
The sinister ancestor of Halloween
What do we know of the Druids? The answer is not much. They were said to be illiterate though opinion is divided as to whether they could not write or chose not to. They were learned as well as warrior-like. They were magicians, priests, healers, seers, apothecaries of nature and they did not want theirContinue reading “The sinister ancestor of Halloween”
The inspiration of place
The inspiration of place can strike us anywhere. Wherever you are, it can inspire your creativity, whether it be in writing, painting, drawing, or in business and charitable opportunities too. I wasn’t always a writer. I started my career as an Investment Banker. Some might think that a place of numbers was not an inspiringContinue reading “The inspiration of place”
Lady Killers
Long a genre dominated by men, thrillers are increasingly being written by – and about – women. Novelist Linda Davies reports on four such page-turners. Many people become squeamish when women conjure evil, as if it might rub off on them. Yet more and more, women are writing thrillers that feature female protagonists: characters whoContinue reading “Lady Killers”
If Fiction comes true… Careful what you write
Written for The Aularian, The St Edmund Hall, Oxford alumni magazine, Spring 2009 Linda Davies I am familiar with the oft-quoted Confucian proverb: be careful what you wish for, the Gods might just grant it, but I had never thought that I would be able to amend it into a stricture of my own: beContinue reading “If Fiction comes true… Careful what you write”