Dear Margaret Atwood, You are one of my favourite authors of all time. I was introduced to you through Oryx and Crake by my teacher in my second to last year of school. It was the first time I'd heard of Speculative Fiction, and the start of a love affair with the genre that grips me… Continue reading Dear Margaret Atwood
Tag: Blogging
The Muse can go hang
Writers write. That's what they say. They don't say that writers write well every time they sit down to write. Just that they write. I'm torn between two scenarios: One, believing that the Muse can go hang. That I sit down daily to write without her. Maybe she'll show up once I begin, maybe she… Continue reading The Muse can go hang
Writing Goals 2018: Update
In early January, I wrote a post about my writing goals. Here is my half-yearly update 🙂 1) Finish the damn book. Nope... not quite there yet. But, I have finished the zero draft, a blurb, and a synopsis. I am now working on the first draft. 2) Entering Short Story Competitions. I did it!… Continue reading Writing Goals 2018: Update
Taking Stock
I'm taking a leaf out of Al and Pip's blogs, here and here, and 'Taking Stock' this January. I really liked this idea, probably because I love lists and reflection, and I'm really happy that Al lead me to Pip - because Pip crochets stuff! Sending a very warm thank you to these two awesome… Continue reading Taking Stock
Writing Goals 2018
Hi In my New Years post I mentioned I needed to have a think about my writing goals for 2018. I wasn't sure what was achievable. I'm still not and I don't think I will be until I try. So let's just go with the wish list for now and I can work the rest… Continue reading Writing Goals 2018
5 Reasons I Failed NaNoWriMo, … but I still feel like I won
I didn't plan beyond the first week. I had a list of prompts and scenes, for if I got stuck in a rut, but I didn't use them. I am getting way too comfortable in the familiar of the rut. I need to commit to climbing out of it faster! I got sick. And then… Continue reading 5 Reasons I Failed NaNoWriMo, … but I still feel like I won
What’s in my suitcase?
I've just moved back to Australia from the United Kingdom and the packing was a mammoth task! It was very much worth it though. We've had more sun the last two weeks in Sydney than I think we had all summer in London. Wearing SPF 50 daily for my pasty rosacea riddled skin. I do… Continue reading What’s in my suitcase?
10 London Favourites
My time in London is coming to an end after 18 months of incredible experiences. Here are just a few, not strictly in order except for number ten... that one is definitely last: West End - All the theatre. All the musicals. All of it. I've absolutely loved it! The Globe - because, duh. My… Continue reading 10 London Favourites
My 3 Favourite Words
I possess only an inchoate image of the myriad of ephemeral moments that lead to this one; that lead to me loving you. Inchoate. Myriad. Ephemeral. These are my three favourite words and they mean the following: inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary myriad:Â a countless or extremely great number of… Continue reading My 3 Favourite Words
Tristan and Iseult
One of the world's oldest romances. I don't recall if I saw the film first with James Franco and  Sophia Myles, or read the myth in one of the illustrated books I grew up with. But I love the story: the romantic triangle between Tristan, Iseult and  King Mark; the ties of loyalty; the tension… Continue reading Tristan and Iseult
