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About journojohnson

I qualified as a journalist in 2002 and after a period working as a freelance for Gloucester Media writing advertorials, interviews, articles and press releases I have gone on to write for lots of magazines and newspapers, both local and national. I write regularly for the Writers and Readers magazine but have also written for CPO's Inspire, the New Writer, Classic Ford, and Take a Break's My Favourite Recipes among many others. I published my first full-length historical novel. Waireka in 2018 and my romantic novella, Alpha Male in 2016. Both can be found on Amazon. Please follow the links on my book page.

Life is short, mind the minutes

Posted on January 7, 2015 by journojohnson

As the New Year begins I am painfully aware of the words in the image – Life is short – having just attended the funeral of a young man aged just 22-years, killed while out on his bicycle just before … Continue reading →

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Christmas Greeting to my followers one and all

Posted on December 22, 2014 by journojohnson

I would like to wish all the followers of my blog a very Happy Christmas and a good New Year. Thanks for the follow during this year and I hope you will continue to follow my progress in 2015 on … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the masters

Posted on November 25, 2014 by journojohnson

Watched the film about Alan Turing at the weekend, ‘the Imitation Game’ with Benedict Cumberbatch. Great film. What I didn’t realise though was just how long it took him and the team to eventually create a successful machine that would … Continue reading →

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Soldiering on

Posted on October 7, 2014 by journojohnson

What happens after rejection? We spend time licking our wounds and feeling sorry for ourselves but it shouldn’t end there. A very good writing friend and published author, Clare Blake, has convinced me of that and if that wasn’t enough … Continue reading →

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Rejection

Posted on September 2, 2014 by journojohnson

There’s no easy way to face rejection, no easy way to write the word. Even the dictionary describes it as – ‘to put aside or send back as not to be used’. And there’s the rub. ‘not to be used’. … Continue reading →

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Two First World War Poets

Posted on August 4, 2014 by journojohnson

On this centenary of the First World War, I consider it appropriate to recall two poets of the era, FW Harvey and Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, fondly known as ‘Woodbine Willie’. The first was Gloucestershire’s own voice of the period, known … Continue reading →

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On the Journey Part 3 – Achievement

Posted on July 1, 2014 by journojohnson

Well they did it and here are the pictures below to prove the point… Celebrations are in order after 1002 miles cycled with no further mishaps than a bruised ham string and a grazed knee! Angus rejoices Luke rejoices And … Continue reading →

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On the Journey part 2

Posted on June 13, 2014 by journojohnson

You can make the journey alone – but that’s not much fun – or with friends. Several of our group, myself (back) Chris H (front left) Angus (in the middle perusing his itinerary) Jane P (looking over A’s shoulder) and … Continue reading →

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On the journey part 1

Posted on June 10, 2014 by journojohnson

On Sunday 8 June my husband and two sons began their 990 bike ride from Land’s End to John O’ Groats. Now in order to even have a chance of completing such a mammoth challenge they had to practice on … Continue reading →

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Who’s listening to you and watching you?

Posted on April 24, 2014 by journojohnson

This suspected ‘Banksy’ image appeared recently in our town. It’s controversial in that it begs the question ‘who’s listening to you?’ and ‘what do they know about you?’ On the one hand you could say that the government having some … Continue reading →

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