John Lacey Photography Photo Book

by John Lacey on November 29, 2011

I haven’t actually mentioned this on the blog yet, but after many many years of thinking about it I actually created a photo book featuring my photographs. It is a 20 page book and features many of my favourite photographs from recent years. I was really happy with how it turned out too, how vibrant and clear the printed photographs looked and how nicely bound the hard covered book is.

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Free Kindle Books: Writing and Publishing

Free eBooks For Kindle Devices

by John Lacey on November 13, 2011

I don’t know about you, but I love books and I love free things… so the idea of free books sounds like a perfectly wonderful prospect. Here I have collected a bunch of free Kindle books about writing and publishing. If you know of any others, let me know in the comments!

All Kindle books were available freely at the time of publishing of this blog post, however this may change. Please check this information before ordering.

Please note that the following titles from Reader’s Digest are only available for a very limited time (ending 12th November, USA time): Write That Book Already!; Getting the Words Right; Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers At Page One; How to Be a Writer; Story Structure Architect; The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing and The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing. So grab them while they’re available!
Click here for free Kindle Book about Writing and Publishing

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Abstract Shield

November 7, 2011
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I haven’t really felt a great pull to abstraction. I’ve always wanted to do figurative work, typically people and portraits. Though lately I’ve been thinking geometrically – in shapes, and lines, and spaces. (I’ve been watching documentaries about Mondrian and browsing books about Rothko.) It was a very different way to approach a painting. I [...]

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Bound By The Secrets We Trust

September 20, 2011

Some of my writings were included in a book. Here’s a video of me opening and holding said book for the first time!

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Constraints And The Opposite Of Not Knowing

September 14, 2011

There was a pain to be associated with not knowing, it was a social pain, a stigma and as a kid I felt it intensely.

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Bound By The Shame You Won’t Admit To

July 22, 2011
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The muse stopped showing up, and I stopped showing up and over time it just seemed easier. Easier to not show up. Easier to not write. Easier to watch TV. Easier to fill my days with minutiae and pretend writing was never something I was interested in.

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Walking In Her Blue Jeans

July 22, 2011
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Sophie B. Hawkins has always been a great personal inspiration to me. I came across her music during a time when nothing in my life made sense to me, but she made sense to me. Her music touched me and inspired me.

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When The Student Is Ready…

June 18, 2011

I don’t want to gush too much but I’ve been going to art lessons for a few months now and I have to say it is one of the best things I’ve ever done. I want to try to unpack some of the benefits I’ve experienced from having a great art teacher.

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