Posts Tagged ‘books’
An Ode to the Squirrel in the tree.
One of my grand plans has come apart at the seams. Who cares? Well, probably nobody but I’m going to tell you about it anyway. Very quickly. So as not to bore you, whoever you may be out there in cyber world. I took a photo of a squirrel. It was awesome. And poetic. I…
Read MoreMy Main Character’s Heart just pounded, thumped, raced, leaped and fluttered her to Death.
Words. Dang, there are a lot of them. Many, many, many. And therein lies my problem. I don’t know enough of them. Case in point, I’ve just repeated the same word to describe how many (bastard!) words there are to use.
Read MoreWarning – Editing is bad for Keyboard Circuitry
*Tap tap* This thing on?
Read MoreLocation, Location. Rah, Rah, Rah. Writing inspiration bim, boom, bah!
Some places speak to you as a writer. They can say things like ‘Hello, I am your imagination’s nirvana and I will inspire you to heights of true writing mastery.’ Often it’s more like ‘Stop walking round and round this library cause it’s exam time and you have jack-shit chance of getting a better seat than…
Read MoreJudging a Book – Totally Got This Covered
So, did something a little bit wild, a little bit cray-cray last night. Minds out of the gutter people, minds OUT of the gutter. Thankfully the days of that kind of behaviour are ancient history, lost in the shadows of the nineties. Blessedly before the time of camera phones and social media.
Read MoreWhat’s in a name? A Book worth Publishing, apparently.
I am baking while I write the blog this week. It is a layer cake of spongy perfection called ‘This just ain’t right’. And atop its peaks I have laid a ripe, red cherry of disappointment to compliment the bitterness. Here is said cake, and said cherry, surrounded by a bunch of little book fairies who…
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