Scriblum - Writers' Retreats

01/04/2021

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

09/05/2019

The future of has two wheels and no engine.

01/10/2017

Scriblum down and publish

Well, what’s in a domain name?

Quite a lot, and it’s not just that it should sound snappy and memorable. What’s meaningful about Google (it has been asked many a time), apart from being snappy and memorable? Ah, well, if it didn't mean anything before, it certainly means something now. Just google it and you’ll find out.

So it is with Scriblum. If you've got thoughts and ideas, and you believe they’re of interest to someone, don’t procrastinate, scriblum down and get’em published.

Naturally, you can scribble down your mind anywhere. On a bus, in bed and on the loo wall. But if you fancy a holiday as well, then Scriblum probably has a place for you…

And so on and so forth with more promotional and sales hype.That’s how one is supposed to promote and sell a business apparently, in particular using blogs such as this and registering memorable and hopefully evocative domain names.

For the record, we actually thought of the “scriblum down” pun after we’d registered the domain name, so that was quite a lucky though admittedly cheesy act of inspiration. But how far do you go in purposefully promoting an activity, particularly one that is supposedly aimed at the elevated pursuits of writing and other creative occupations?

Probably the line can be drawn somewhere between getting the word out so people know you exist, and hyping it up. Naturally we are of the former inclination, but there’s nothing especially evil about hype, despite the dictionary definition of “blatant or sensational promotion” and “publicise in an exaggerated and often misleading manner”. Lets be clear on that at least.

Yet there is a problem with hype. First, it’s soul destroying if you have to produce it, as try as you might, you just can’t believe it. Second, the sort of people who can’t see through it are precisely the sort of people you don’t want. That’s the bottom line.

Therefore, that’s it for the hype. We have launched Scriblum, in particular the writers’ and artists’ Creative Share, and hopefully we’ll get it well off the ground without too much hype and mostly on the merits of this idea for sharing accommodation with other writers or artists.

11/09/2015

A Cure for Procrastination For the apparently incurable procrastinator, we are pleased to offer the austere and inhospitable accommodation known as The Diogenes, a small and minimally appointed dwelling provided with occasional lighting and running water. Remotely located in the Cilento of southern Italy, the dwelling is offered to suitable individuals on very favourable terms. Some prefer luxury, others seek bounty, but as many of the great writers and artists have at one time discovered, only a few are at their best when destitute. [ 838 more words. ]

http://www.scriblum.com/writers_retreat_blog/2015/09/11/the-diogenes-writers-retreat/

A Cure for Procrastination   For the apparently incurable procrastinator, we are pleased to offer the austere and inhospitable accommodation known as The Diogenes, a small and minimally appointed d...

10/09/2015

Following on from this post on Writers: Beware the Lure of Search Engines, in which getting a feel for the originality of one's is discussed, I am now partially obsessed with self-certifying my work as original or not due to my experience with one phrase in particular. To my eternal misery a friend recently discovered that a “famous” phrase of mine appears on some chap’s poetry website, verbatim. [ 1737 more words. ]

http://www.scriblum.com/writers_retreat_blog/2015/09/10/it-is-better-to-be-mad-than-delighted/

Following on from this post on Writers: Beware the Lure of Search Engines, in which getting a feel for the originality of one's is discussed, I am now partially obsessed with self-certifying my wor...

24/11/2014

Due to administrational and infrastructural difficulties we can not really recommand to permanently live in southern Italy. But is there a better place to hivernate? Especially, when you have some urgent creative work to do!

28/09/2014

Add your rentable room, appartment or house on our site: www.scriblum.com
The idea is to support creative people, writers, scientists, artists... to supply them with some kind of self-organised residency.

Apartments, lodges and retreats for writers, academics and artists. Self-catering or full board. Share a rental with others pursuing creative work.

03/09/2014

You need a retreat or have one to rent to other creative people?
Put it up on http://www.scriblum.com/index.php

Apartments, lodges and retreats for writers, academics and artists. Choose from self-catering or full board, or share a rental with others pursuing creative work.

15/08/2014

Lest und lebt! (Read and live!)
T. W. Adorno

22/07/2014

Write it out loud folks!

30/03/2014

Spring break is near! Need a retreat to finish some creative work or research?