PinnedMember-onlyTable of Contents for Nichola Scurry’s StoriesI present to you my complete works using the power of aesthetically pleasing and easy-to-read lists — G’day, mates. Thanks for stopping by. I’m Nichola, an Australian lady who lives in Barcelona and writes. You can learn more about me here. Pray, click on a list for whatever topic tickles your fancy. Nichola's Top 4 Stories Here you will find four of my stories that resonated the most with readers on this platform.nicscurry.medium.comFiction2 min readFiction2 min read
Published inIn Fitness And In Health·May 17Member-onlyMy Tried and True Camino de Santiago Packing List for SpringEverything one woman took on a 500-mile, 35-day walk — Five years ago almost exactly, I set off on the Camino de Santiago. For the next five weeks, I walked an average of 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) every day — through rain, mist, heat, shin splints, back pain and blisters. The contents of the small backpack I carried, whenever I…Fitness7 min readFitness7 min read
Published inPlethora Of Pop·May 14Member-onlyMy Answers to the Inside the Writers Studio ChallengeGet to know your fellow writer — I’m coming a bit late to the Inside the Writers Studio Challenge compiled by the wonderful Charlie Cole. Charlie invited us to answer her fun questionnaire around three weeks ago. Well, I’m a little late to the game but I loooove answering questionnaires so I couldn’t pass this one by. …Questionnaire3 min readQuestionnaire3 min read
May 6Member-only20 Answers to 20 Questions for Medium WritersThe art of article-writing procrastination by responding to fun writing prompts — I love answering questions, so when I came across 20 Questions for Medium Writers by Roz Warren, Writing Coach, I was excited to play along. So, without further ado, here are my answers to Roz’s 20 questions for Medium writers. 1. How long have you been on Medium? I created an account back in 2015 but I didn’t…Writing Prompt Response4 min readWriting Prompt Response4 min read
Published inPlethora Of Pop·May 2Member-onlyThe Story of the First Time I Was on the RadioHosting a radio program was the greatest night of my life — The story of my first on-air experience 1:55 am, 12 January 2014. I was so full of adrenaline my body shut down to everything except the microphone, clock and console in front of me. In five minutes, for the first time in my life, I’d be live on the radio. And if you think nobody’s listening at…Music9 min readMusic9 min read
May 1Member-onlySpingsteen’s in Barcelona, Obama’s in Barcelona, and So Am ITom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are here too — I didn’t get tickets to Bruce Springsteen’s Barcelona concert — they were sold out. I checked every concert venue in Europe — they were all sold out. And very expensive. Despite that, it was cool knowing I was in the same city as the Boss. On Friday after work, I…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Published inThe Riff·Apr 23Member-onlyTexas Blues in a Barcelona ParkHash Brown and the Blues All Stars — Last night I experienced another Barcelona music treat when I saw Hash Brown and the Blues All Stars play at the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Festes de Primavera (spring festival). …Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Apr 23Member-only5 Unique, Free and Zany Ways to Sell Your BookMy ideas are better than ChatGPT’s — Happy World Book Day, my writerly friends! So, let’s talk books — our books. In 2017, I published my debut novel, With the Music. It’s a good book — I know this because people told me — but sales figures are lacklustre outside a few niche circles. …World Book Day5 min readWorld Book Day5 min read
Published inThe Riff·Apr 20Member-onlyThe Story of a Garage Rock Hit That’ll Make Your Heart SingThe Wild Ones, Wild Thing and the Troggs — In the mid-1960s, American singer-songwriter, Chip Taylor, wrote a thumpin’ tune called “Wild Thing.” In April 1966, the English group, the Troggs, released a version of “Wild Thing” that spent eight weeks in the top 10 and became a garage rock standard. …Music5 min readMusic5 min read
Published inThe Pub·Apr 15Member-onlyThe Time a Picasso Painting was Stolen from My HometownJesus may have wept for the Weeping Woman, but I didn’t — When I was 11, an ugly painting was stolen from Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). That painting was Pablo Picasso’s Weeping Woman and the news of its theft was all over town like elephant’s diarrhea. …20th Century History7 min read20th Century History7 min read