Jan FortuneWriting into abundanceAbundance is not a measurement. It’s not about having things, or acquiring ‘stuff’, Epicurus tells us, but about enjoying life, delighting…·9 min read·Feb 14, 2024--1--1
Jan FortuneImagining an ark — for writers, and lifeAlmost at the end of week 5 of the first lockdown (how long ago that seems!), life seemed to be a roller-coaster of emotions, shock and…7 min read·Jan 8, 2021--2--2
Jan FortuneBetween longing and haunting: an advent for writersWe are entering the season of Advent, a time of longing and anticipation; a time of looking back to what haunts us; a time to redefine and…5 min read·Dec 4, 2020--2--2
Jan FortuneWhy writers need the art of minimumsPart 1: between the superfluous and the indispensable5 min read·Oct 25, 2020----
Jan FortuneChanging the story to be the ancestors the earth desiresIn The-World Ending Fire, essayist and poet, Wendell Berry raises a rallying cry against compromising with myths that are destroying the…7 min read·Oct 23, 2020--1--1
Jan FortuneWhy writing embodies a multiplicity of conversationWe are kith with all life.7 min read·Oct 9, 2020--1--1
Jan FortuneWhy writers need unselfingTo see beyond the self, to see the journeys others are making, without judgement, requires what Iris Murdoch, in The Sovereignty of Good…6 min read·Sep 25, 2020--1--1
Jan FortuneWhy writers need integrity:Part 2: taking risks when the world is unravelling7 min read·Sep 11, 2020--1--1