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Writing, Grief, And Other Minds
Why do I Write?
To Learn
Before I write, I research. Consequently, I learn something every day.
To Teach
The world is full of misinformation. When we research our subject fully, we can provide the truth.
To Grieve
When someone close to us dies, we need to be able to write about them to keep them in our hearts so they can be remembered.
To Grow
We can only develop when we are creative and self-expressive. It doesn’t matter which.
Hi
Hi, I’m Ian, a
Writer and Author in the Lakes
“He’s got it all” I hear you say, a writer AND he lives in the Lake District. It’s true, I live in a place steeped in history and mystery, with breathtaking vistas, a place of inspiration, and the home of inspirational people. I’m not sure I’d want to live anywhere else in the world – apart from 1920’s New York City before the crash – and I wouldn’t want to do anything else.
I observe and I write of things you may or may not agree with, either way. It doesn’t matter if you laugh, cry, or disagree with me. I only want a reaction to show me that you’re alive.
Of course, in reality like most writers, I do do something else and I work with Cumbrian businesses and advise them on all things business. Happily though, I even get to write about that and published my first business book in 2019 called The Awesome Power of Questions.
It’s not your typical self-help book about business as I bring Socrates, dating, Rudyard Kipling, and Einstein into the conversation. Click here if you want to read more about it.
My Work
Fiction
Novels and short stories.
Non-Fiction
Autoethnography, essays, self-help books, and op-eds.
Other Writing
Screenplays, poetry, and other scribblings.
From the Blog
Beatrix Potter
You may not realise it but Beatrix Potter was the JK Rowling of her day. When she died on 22 December 1943, aged 77, she left £211,636, a value of about £12,600,000 in today’s money. She also bequeathed over 4000 acres of land to the National Trust, worth about...
Alfred Wainwright
One should always have a definite objective, in a walk as in life – it is so much more satisfying to reach a target by personal effort than to wander aimlessly. An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is … well, aimless wandering. A Coast to Coast Walk...
Samual Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge was inspired and drawn to the Lake District by his friend William Wordsworth, who was born in Cockermouth. Coleridge lived at Greta Hall in Keswick with Robert Southey from 1799 until 1804. During his time there he walked considerable distances and is the...