Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

Dear Fellow Writer, I hope this missive finds you well and happy - and that your writing is all that you want it to be. I've been casting my latest play this week. Twenty five actors, singers and dancers. It's funny because it's the dance part I'm most excited about at the moment - the idea of transferring my writing into movement seems like a fabulous, previously unexplored, opportunity. I'll keep you posted on how the play goes - it's due for curtains up in July. Keep Writing. Rob@easywaytowrite.com Writers! Click here to get published free by Magellan Books. THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: On Hay House Rob Parnell Hay House must be every self help writers ultimate publisher. Their author list reads like a hall of fame: Wayne Dyer, Esther and Jerry Hicks, Don Miguel Ruiz, Doreen Virtue and, of course, Louise Hay herself, whose Heal Your Life books, you could argue, singlehandedly paved the ...

 Creative people often get bitter about what's not happening. The trick is to know that you have always had total control of your destiny. You make things happen, you decide, you control. When things don't work out it's because either we don't have as much control as we thought we had - or we perhaps we really haven't really tried to exert it as much as we could have. And it's wondering why we didn't try harder that we need to deal with, rather than blame the universe - or others - for not responding as we wished. Do you believe you're entitled to success? Nothing happens without good reason. Some people get rich and famous. Some people don't. Some people live lives of quiet desperation, or an existence of silent rage. Some people have a lot to give. Some people can't let go of what they have. Some people's light shines so bright they can't hide it. Some people live in a place so dark that their light can't esc...

Dear Fellow Writer, Still here - just three more performances of Are You Being Served? to go and then I'm looking forward to a rest - at least a whole day to ourselves - before the inevitable onslaught of new projects and TTD (Things To Do!) Weeks like this I find myself singing the old Bon Jovi song, Sleep When I'm Dead... Oh, by the way - quick reminder - my one day sale of Easy Cash Writing ends at midnight tonight: (Click on the image!) Keep Writing. Rob@easywaytowrite.com Writers! Click here to get published free by Magellan Books. THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: The Cosmic Ordering Service Rob Parnell "Take it easy, have fun, and everything else will follow." That's the advice of Barbel Mohr in her new book, The Cosmic Ordering Service , which I couldn't help picking up to read recently. It's actually barely a book at 100 pages - and is more a collection of notes ab...

Bit frazzled today - last night was the opening night of a play I'm acting in: Are You Being Served? (based on the old TV series). I'm playing Mr Humphries of all people! Here's the poster: No rest for the wicked , as I often say. Next I'm directing a musical set in a nightclub - a cross between That 70s Show and Glee . Should be lots of fun! This week, I was sent this amusing link by an esteemed subscriber - showing how writers should NOT react to a bad review! It's also an object lesson on the importance of doing a very good self edit on your material BEFORE you let ANYONE see it! Keep Writing. Rob@easywaytowrite.com Writers! Click here to get published free by Magellan Books. THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: Surfing the Write Side Rob Parnell I was shocked to see the revenue generated by modern media products last year. Hollywood - as you'd expect - ge...