I started a story in March. Typical me, rushing in with only the bare bones of an idea and a couple of sentences of plot. It lasted two chapters and a half before my enthusiasm and attention tapered off.I didn't pick up the threads of the story until July when I came home from America.… Continue reading Alas, woe is me – for my plot has dribbled off …
Great, Great Grandfather’s Bones!
I am always thoroughly delighted to find new pieces of 'writing' music. The first, Eliza's Aria from the Wild Swans ballet, I knew previously from a Lloyds Bank ad on T.V. But oh, it does make my fingers skip across the keyboard. It is possible to grow tired of this piece ... but only if… Continue reading Great, Great Grandfather’s Bones!
(Possibly) Productive Hints and Tips
Writing is a fluid thing; what may suit you one day may aggravate you the next, but this is what I've found, on the whole, to be a Useful Way to organise and write my various projects:Distraction FreeAs I compose this blog post I am using the 'Distraction Free Writing' option. I do the same… Continue reading (Possibly) Productive Hints and Tips
Murderers, Dead Bodies and Overthrowing the Government – Quotables
I went to America ... and read twelve books of the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters (as you do). I wrote down several amusing quotations. (I would be sitting in a chair and giggling. Yes, people noticed. No, I didn't mind. My humour was tickled, you see, and when my humour is tickled nothing… Continue reading Murderers, Dead Bodies and Overthrowing the Government – Quotables
… And then I fainted [Story Time]
I've never fainted before. Not when I fell off that rope swing and broke both of my wrists. Not when a friend nearly died from anaphylactic shock. Not even when I woke up to find a burglar at the end of my bed with his hand in my jewelry box. No. You see I saved… Continue reading … And then I fainted [Story Time]
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