Ask the Author: Sam Conniff
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Sam Conniff
I might come back to this one once the books out, but the best part about writing is the immense privilege it feels like to have time to disappear into your thoughts and do what Cal Newport describes as Deep Work. For someone used to being interrupted every five minutes and juggling sixteen things at once, which is how I've worked for the last 20 years running my own businesses. After that, writing feels decadent, indulgent and selfish, which I realise makes it sound like a 19th Century opium habit, except with less silk dressing gowns.
Sam Conniff
I am currently working on Be More Pirate, a non-fiction book drawing inspiration from the Golden Age of Pirates (1690-1725) for anyone embarking on an adventure in the 21st Century facing uncertain horizons ahead.
Sam Conniff
I don't think there are any contract deals on offer with imagination, there's only pay as you go deals. If you're out of credit, go and get a top-up voucher.
If your service is blocked, do twice the time you just spent writing with sources of inspiration, conversation, illumination and stimulation far away from the writing and come back tomorrow. Service will resume.
If your service is blocked, do twice the time you just spent writing with sources of inspiration, conversation, illumination and stimulation far away from the writing and come back tomorrow. Service will resume.
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