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LIGHT ON LIGHT

There is a light within us all — I try to write about it.

  • LIGHT ON LIGHT FEATURES
    • Travel Articles
    • Articles on History
    • Movies That Resonate
  • My Books
    • SEA SORES – A BRIGHTONIAN BOOK
      • Most Miracles Go Unpunished – Spoken Word Poem.
      • Granada Spoken Word.
      • Poem – Dumbfounded.
      • “Sea Sores” The Book Is Launched
      • Time And Time Again – Spoken Word Film By NJW
      • It Was Meant To Be Immense – Video Poem
      • Enter The Untold – Video of Flight into Mexico And a ‘Poem’ Written Enroute.
      • The Gas Giants – Video spoken word Poem. By n j w
      • A Hundred Parts Scattered – P14 of ‘Sea Sores – A Brightonian Book.’
      • Blond Light – Short Film Spoken Word.
      • Sea Sores – The Audio Book Available On Audible.
      • It Spoke Of Her – Spoken Word Film –
      • Lucent – Spoken Word Film – Indianapolis
      • The Hours Of The Day – New Spoken Word Video By N J Wood
      • Nectarines And Cigarettes – N J Wood – Brighton. From Sea Sores the audio book available on Audible.
      • Enter The Untold – Video of Flight into Mexico And a ‘Poem’ Written Enroute.
      • Default By Love – New Poem. Recorded And Filmed in Granada – Sept/Oct
      • A Hundred Parts Scattered – P14 of ‘Sea Sores – A Brightonian Book.’
      • Brighton’s West Pier – Spoken Word – By Seasores – N J W
      • Spoken Word – Dragonflies
      • What Ever Flowers In A Desert Only Ever Flowers Briefly – Video Piece
    • ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A SMILE
      • New Book Out For Christmas.
      • It Was Meant To Be Immense – Video Poem
      • Nectarines And Cigarettes – N J Wood – Brighton. From Sea Sores the audio book available on Audible.
      • Showcasing – Essential Elements Of A Smile.
  • JUST A THOUGHT MEMES
    • Just a thought 1
    • Just a thought 2
    • Just a thought 3
    • Just a thought 5
    • Just a thought 4
    • Just a thought 6
    • Just a thought 7
    • Just a thought 8
  • GREAT WRITERS SERIES
    • The Great Writers Series: “The Bright Field” by R S Thomas.
    • Great Writers Series – Philip Larkin – rare 1960’s Programme with Sir John Betjeman
    • Great Writers Series – The Bukowski Interviews.
    • Great Writers Series – Philip Larkin (Part Two)
    • Great Writers Series – Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Interview 1961
    • GREAT WRITERS SERIES
  • Articles

Author: Nick Wood

Milestones matter, but it's the road between them which interests me. Features writer looking, listening and learning from the extraordinary everyday.

Working Hard On Procrastination

5 tips to assist with focus This recently published article is part one of two suggesting effective methods to help … More

Bloomerang, Enneagram, Fundraising, Mental health, Nonprofit, Procrastination

The Art Of Asking—How To Keep Your Donation Requests Fresh

Articles For Non-profit Series ‘How many times can you ask the same supporters for help? Well the answer might come … More

Donations drive, How to write a donation drive, Nonprofit

Insightful Enneagram — Understanding Ourselves And Others Through Our Enneagram Types

It didn’t take long after meeting my partner for her to ask me — or should I reframe that — … More

Enneagram, Enneagram Gifts, Self care

R.E.S.U.L.T.S. — An Acronym For Success

Articles for nonprofits series Published on Bloomerang, this blog post breaks down some useful tips to achieve nonprofit success this … More

Bloomerang, Bukowski, Donations, Donor, End of year giving, Nonprofit

The Virtual Focus Group — Articles For Nonprofits Series

Another recent post on Bloomerang. Seven tips to get the most from supporter feed back.

Article, Beauty, Brighton, Bukowski, Covid, Customer feedback, donors, End of year campaign, Focus groups, Fundraising, Giving Tuesday, London, love, Model, Nick Wood, njw, Nonprofit, Poem, Professionals, seasores

Taking Care Of Your Most Important Gift This Christmas — Your Volunteers

Part of the articles to nonprofits series. 7 Tips to look after every nonprofits greatest resource — their volunteers! An … More

Beauty, Brighton, Charity, Donations, donors, End of year campaigns, Fundraising, London, love, Model, Nick Wood, njw, Nonprofit, POET, writer

Articles For Nonprofits Series: The Power Of Handout Literature

Handouts like leaflets, booklets and fliers remain an important route to engaging donors, old and new. They give an organization … More

Bloomerang, Business, Charity, Donations, donors, handouts, leaflets, Nonprofit, public speaking

Articles For Nonprofits Series — Focus Group Data Processing

An article published recently on Bloomerang. Focus group data analysis is an important factor in nonprofit growth. Whether you’re exploring … More

Bloomerang, Charity sector, Feedback analysis, Focus group, Istanbul, Nick Wood, Nonprofit, Nonprofit consultant, writer

Articles For Nonprofits Series – How to Run a Charity Sector Focus Group

This is an article written in Turkey and published by Bloomerang— the leading creator of nonprofit data and management software. … More

Bloomerang, Charity, Donations, Donor drives, End of year campaigns, Focus group, Fundraising, fundraising advice, Fundraising ideas, Giving Tuesday, Nonprofit, Nonprofit consultant, Public speaker

Light On Light – What’s The Deal?

Originally posted on LIGHT ON LIGHT :
For many, modern life is a perpetual halfway point, a cash strapped twilight between the great…

Articles For Nonprofits Series — The Potential of Infographics

Here’s an article I wrote while working away in Istanbul this September. It’s published by Bloomerang — the worlds leading … More

Bloomerang, Charity sector, Donate, Donations, Donor management, Infographic, Infographics, News, Nonprofit, Recurring donations

Brighton — Without Words

To celebrate the launch of the Facebook page for Light-on-light I published this short Film of Brighton. Created in Spring … More

Brighton, Bukowski, Poem, POET, Poetry, spoken word, Travel

Articles For Nonprofits Series – The Strengths of Direct Mail

Bloomerang, Charity, fundraising advice, Nonprofit

The Unlikely Story Of My Book Becoming A Bestseller!

Sea Sores began with writing about daily life in my home town on the south coast of England, around 2015 … More

Beauty, Bestseller, Brighton, Hove, How to write, How to write a beat seller, How to write poetry, Insta poet, instagram, love, music, Nick Wood, POET, Poetry, seasores, writer

Articles For Nonprofits Series – Social Media’s Role in Giving Tuesday

Bloomerang, Charity sectors, Donation receipt, Donations, Fundraising, Fundraising ideas, Nonprofit

Poem By Madison Gonzalez. Baby Blue Eggshells. A Piece On Personal Growth.

This is a beautiful poem by Madison @toldpoetry ‘Baby Blue Eggshells.’ Read by me and filmed in Indiana. It’s a … More

love, Madison Gonzalez, Oil painting, Poem, Sunset, Toldpoetry, Travel, videopoet

Opposite The Mansion’s Temple

Video poem filmed down Queens road Brighton Page 29 of the book “Sea Sores – A Brightonian Book“. Written about … More

Better, Brighton, Dawn, Hove, Light, love, POET, Queens Road, Railway, spoken word, The mansions, videopoem

Blood And Bone – Snow And Verse.

A reading and video piece about my Grandfather. One of my favourites from the book. Using the deep snow and … More

Beauty, Brighton, Bukowski, Film, fitness, Freelance, POET, Poetry, Sea Sores A Brightonian book, seasores, seasores_njw, Snow, spoken word, Weather

Love Endures – A Reading And A Reflection

The quote is from a longer piece about my grandparents who both passed away some ten years ago. They appear … More

Brighton, family, grief, Loss, love, music, Poem, POET

Showcasing – Essential Elements Of A Smile.

Sample recording – Switch off and listen to one fifth of the publication. Encouraging optimism about tomorrow, though the simple … More

Affirmations, Amazon, Charity, Couple goals, fitness, Light, love, N J W, njwood, Nonprofit, Positive, Sea sores, seasores_njw, Smile, truth

Inside Always Song

Is a spoken word adaption from the Book. Page 58 of ‘Sea sores – a Brightonian Book.’ Available on Amazon … More

affirmation, Brighton, Dance, How to write poetry, Laughter, lawofattraction, Love poem, music, Visualization

Sea Sores – A Brightonian Book –And a Dogged Dream.

Sea Sores as a concept was hanging around my neck for a long time. The idea originated as a book … More

Beauty, Brighton, London, Lover, Model, Poetry competition

Brain Itch

And here I am as guilty as the next. A handful of inches separate the vocal chords from the thought … More

Brighton, British poet, Bukowski, Hove, Meme, Philip Larkin, Philosophy, Poem

Lucent – Spoken Word Film – Indianapolis

Lucent concerns one of my first jobs working as a cleaner at the tender age of 16. A friend and … More

Beautiful, Brighton, Bukowski, fashion, fitness, healthy, Hove, Los Angeles, love, Poem, POET, Sea sores, Sea Sores A Brightonian book, spoken word, writer

It Was Meant To Be Immense – Video Poem

It was meant to be immense – Spoken Word adaptation from the book. Page 112 of the ‘Sea sores – … More

Biden, Brighton, Bukowski, fitness, Hove, Indiana, love, music, Palmer's Square, publishers, Robinson Jeffers

Rumpjack – A Fireside Ghost Story

Chapter one – The Triangle. A short (pre final edit) story about the first encounter with the spirit called RumpJack. … More

Audible, Audio book, Brighton, Ghost stories, Hove, love, music, myth, POET, Snow, spoken word

New Book Out For Christmas.

Essential elements of a smile is an unrelentingly optimist publication. The idea behind it was to round off the year … More

Beauty, craft, gift, graphicdesign, Light, love, Mexico, music, now, optimism, POET, Positive, quotes, summer

Enter The Untold – Video of Flight into Mexico And a ‘Poem’ Written Enroute.

Enter the untold – Doodle of a love poem‘ written on the back of an envelope while leaving Granada and … More

Brighton, Bukowski, Dylan Thomas, love, Mexico, Motivational music, Motivational quote, Philip Larkin, relationship, writer

Nectarines And Cigarettes – N J Wood – Brighton. From Sea Sores the audio book available on Audible.

In my experience when ‘where am I?’ Changes to ‘where are we?’ You no longer need ask the question..Nectarines and … More

Audio book, Brighton, Bukowski, njwood, Sea sores

Default By Love – New Poem. Recorded And Filmed in Granada – Sept/Oct

Written as hypothetical advice to my eldest nephew – Max, as he now turns sixteen. . Thank you to anyone … More

Advice, Brighton, Bukowski, Manifest, Motivational, Spain, Travel

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