“Learning gives creativity. Creativity leads to thinking. Thinking provides knowledge. Knowledge makes you great.” ― Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, or as he is better known Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, was the 11th president of India. He served for five years, from 2002 to 2007 in the presidential post. Before he was elected as the president, Dr. … [Read more...] about What Writers Can Learn from Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Archives for January 2015
The Book that Changed My Life: Deborah McKinlay Chooses The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I'm not very keen on those diagrams where one, shouted word in a box is linked by a fat, single direction arrow, to one, shouted word in another box – cause and effect. I guess it is true that if you whop your toe against a … [Read more...] about The Book that Changed My Life: Deborah McKinlay Chooses The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Novelicious Picks…Books that Are Creating a Buzz (Part 1)
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. Books are fabulous. We all know that, right? And there are new ones being published all the time – a never-ending stream of fabulousness, if you will. Hop on to Twitter, to Facebook, to Instagram, and chances are you'll … [Read more...] about Novelicious Picks…Books that Are Creating a Buzz (Part 1)
The Novelicious Team’s Best Books of the Century (so far!)
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. We don’t do things by halves here at Novelicious. At the end of last year, while many were taking a look back at the best books of 2014 (of which there are many!), we decided to look a little further and check out our favourite … [Read more...] about The Novelicious Team’s Best Books of the Century (so far!)
Review – Making Marion by Beth Moran
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Reviewed by Zarina de Ruiter We meet titular character Marion as she walks into the reception of the Peace and Pigs campsite and being mistaken for the new receptionist she suddenly finds herself manning the desk. Without any real … [Read more...] about Review – Making Marion by Beth Moran

