Craig Gerald Lock

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Born
Cape Town, South Africa
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Influences
Nelson Mandela, Ayrton Senna, Ernest Hemingway

Member Since
September 2012


Craig has a 'passion' for writing books that tell stories about people doing positive things in this often so hard, sometimes unkind world, occasionally cruel, yet always amazing world - true stories that leave the reader feeling uplifted, empowered and hopefully even inspired.

“A good book should take you from your everyday life to another place entirely.”

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“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”


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Craig Gerald Lock Who would be interested in what I read (or had for breakfast this morning).
It was porridge and I made a big mess in the microwave, btw
Anyway, I have …more
Who would be interested in what I read (or had for breakfast this morning).
It was porridge and I made a big mess in the microwave, btw
Anyway, I have great difficulty in reading. Takes me years to finish a book...unless the book is about sport or South Africa.

“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

~ Franz Kafka

I just write
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“I want to write the way Gilles Villeneuve drove and power-slid his blood-red Formula One Ferrari… with wild enthusiasm and a sense of ‘real’ abandonment, combined with the artists craft of a Stirling Moss, a Jim Clark, and especially that of the great Ayrton Senna, living on the razor-blade edge of life.”


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Happy reading and be BRIEF in future, c
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Thoughts of Og Mandino: A B...

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The Old Man and the Sea

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The Blue Helmet: Grand Prix...

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The White Helmet

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The Driver, the Nurse and t...

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HOW TO WRITE A “F...LIPP’N/...

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A Tribute to Nelson Mandela

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My Life-Long Affair with Sp...

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Stirling: A Story of Hope a...

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Advanced Creative Writing C...

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Craig Lock Craig Lock said: " v good book and Richard is an excellent writer and master of his craft in writing about F1
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“O friend unseen, unborn, unknown,
Student of our sweet English tongue,
Read out my words at night, alone:
I was a poet, I was young.

Since I can never see your face,
And never shake you by the hand,
I send my soul through time and space
To greet you. You will understand.”
James Elroy Flecker
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“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.”
Nelson Mandela
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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
Ernest Hemingway
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Success Is Never Ending, Failure Is Never Final by Robert H. Schuller
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Most inspiring book Although "religious", the principles (the "overlap" between mind+ spirit) are eternal in guiding us from the darkness into the light
FAIL your way to success
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Selected Poems by Thomas Gray
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“My various Wordpress blogs

Reaching people from the bottom of the world (at not the world of your bottom...

hopefully!)”
Craig Gerald Lock

“You either get bitter or you get better. It's that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you.”
Josh Shipp

“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
Oscar Wilde

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
Nelson Mandela

“For what it’s worth... it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start over again.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald




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message 11: by Craig

Craig Lock NO DON'T go to Amazon, nor Kobo (that story can be the subject of my next book!)

“When the writer is no more, the value of your purchase will soar.”


message 10: by Craig

Craig Lock Reading Challenge
I battle to read a newspaper... even an article, let alone a book.
https://livingwithheadbraininjury.wor...

PPS
Just finished my first book. Now perhaps I'll try reading another one!


message 9: by Craig

Craig Lock “The untapped potential in every human being is limitless: we are perfectly capable of producing all by ourselves true magic.”


message 8: by Craig

Craig Lock My various Wordpress blogs are at
www.craigsblogs.wordpress.com

and
www.craigsbooks.wordpress.com

Reaching people from the bottom of the world (at not the world of your bottom...

hopefully!)


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message 7: by Craig

Craig Lock The various books on South Africa that Craig "felt inspired" to write are available at
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=south+afri...
and
https://www.kobo.com/nz/en/search?que...

Craig’s various Rainbow books (on South Africa) are available at
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rainbow+cr...
"Worst-selling writer"
All proceeds go to needy and underprivileged children –
MINE!
All proceeds go to a local charity (most worthy)-
ME!
from  https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/202...

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message 6: by Craig

Craig Lock ThnkX

Hi

Thanks for the follow(s) and like/s
All the best with your blog
"early bird" c
My best time (by far)...
then sleep=walking tghrough the rest of the day + life

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message 4: by Craig

Craig Lock “A good book should take you from your everyday life to another place entirely.”
https://writercraig.wordpress.com/202...


message 3: by Craig

Craig Lock Thanks for any follows. Just working out Goodreads works, as I spend most of my time on my 300+ Wordpress.blogs
Happy writing and all the best in 2021
craig

PPS
I don't read much, but write...a LOT
https://thecreativewritingcourse.word...


message 2: by Craig

Craig Lock “An eagle earns its honor from the storms it endures.”
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and
www.craigsbooks.wordpress.com


message 1: by Craig (last edited Dec 28, 2020 09:31PM)

Craig Lock Just finished my first book.

now I’m going to read another one!

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