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Jan Fortune

Jan Fortune

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Feb 14, 2024

Writing into abundance

Abundance is not a measurement. It’s not about having things, or acquiring ‘stuff’, Epicurus tells us, but about enjoying life, delighting…

Writing into abundance

Jan Fortune

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Jan 8, 2021

Imagining an ark — for writers, and life

Almost 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…

Imagining an ark — for writers, and life

Jan Fortune

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Dec 4, 2020

Between longing and haunting: an advent for writers

We 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…

Between longing and haunting: an advent for writers

Jan Fortune

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Nov 20, 2020

Why writers need the art of minimums

Part 2: Enough

Why writers need the art of minimums

Jan Fortune

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Oct 25, 2020

Why writers need the art of minimums

Part 1: between the superfluous and the indispensable

Why writers need the art of minimums

Jan Fortune

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Oct 23, 2020

Changing the story to be the ancestors the earth desires

In The-World Ending Fire, essayist and poet, Wendell Berry raises a rallying cry against compromising with myths that are destroying the…

Changing the story to be the ancestors the earth desires

Jan Fortune

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Oct 9, 2020

Why writing embodies a multiplicity of conversation

We are kith with all life.

Why writing embodies a multiplicity of conversation

Jan Fortune

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Sep 25, 2020

Why writers need unselfing

To see beyond the self, to see the journeys others are making, without judgement, requires what Iris Murdoch, in The Sovereignty of Good…

Why writers need unselfing

Jan Fortune

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Sep 11, 2020

Why writers need integrity:

Part 2: taking risks when the world is unravelling

Why writers need integrity:

Jan Fortune

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Aug 28, 2020

Why writers need integrity

Part 1: creating, not catering

Why writers need integrity

Jan Fortune

Jan Fortune

I'm a writer, publisher & mentor, helping others develop their writing. I'm also and community herbalist & live in France. I blog @ https://janfortune.com/

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