Kerry Jane Rider

·Sep 11

Creative Writing: Micro Stories.

Writing should be fun! — Have you tried writing 100 word stories?… Writing should be fun, right? I like to play with different ideas and styles of writing and have been having my own fun with 100 word stories, aka micro stories. I use them in different ways, including for…

Writing

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·Jun 27

Is AI a Threat or Empowering to Writers?

are you for or against? I consider some pros and cons below… Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised the way we interact with technology and has transformed various industries. While AI has been primarily associated with applications such as self-driving cars, facial recognition and virtual assistants, the influence of AI on…

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·May 21

Book: ‘Connecting.’

a collection of poems For those of you who enjoy my Poetry posts, I have collected some of them together into a beautiful book which is now available on Amazon. US and UK links are below. “Connecting.” is a thought-provoking collection of poems that delve deep into the human experience…

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·May 21

Non-Self.

anatta — the third of the three universal truths Anatta is the hardest of the three universal truths to understand. We are so invested in the ‘sense of self’ which we have created and believe in that we cannot easily accept that there is another way of seeing and reframing…

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·May 14

Would You Like to Read for Free?

looking for readers for my detective fiction novella… I am looking for a few people to read through ‘Missing in Morocco’ and to provide constructive feedback and reviews to me. It is around a 2hr read at just over 40,000 words. If you are interested please contact me with your email address and I will provide an e-pub or PDF whichever you prefer. Many thanks.

Fiction Writing

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Fiction Writing

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·May 13

Suffering.

dukkha — the second of the three universal truths We all have our own interpretations of what suffering means to us. Usually, it’s when we are not getting our own way about something. Life is not going as planned or as we hoped it would. Suffering or dukkha as referred…

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·May 4

Impermanence.

anicca — the first of the three universal truths “Impermanent are all conditioned phenomena of the nature to arise and pass away.” The law of impermanence as taught by the Buddha asks us to look at the transience and instability of everything we come into contact with. Constant change is…

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·May 4

❀Fill The White Space.

a poem… ❀ ‘Fill the white space’ with anything, so long as it’s not left blank, empty — a reminder of the stagnant state of a mind which has lost its creative juice, flow has lessened to a mere drip - drip — drip — drip - the well has…

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·Apr 12

Book: ‘A Year of Wednesday Wisdom.’

read & study all 52 weeks — Dhamma teachings for reflection and practice… For those of you who enjoyed my weekly #WednesdayWisdom posts, I have collected them together into a beautiful little book which is now available on Amazon. UK and US links are below. I hope that, through the…

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