"... we're having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are." - The Princess Bride Ness Kingsley is absent from her home country. She is, in fact, across the pond at this present moment. Having an adventure. Happy adventuring and writing!
Tag: life
Confessions
I have neglected my blogging. And the reading of blogs of fellow bloggers. Picture a mole diving underground from internet interaction. Yep, that it is a little like me. A List of What I've Been Doing: - gone a week's holiday, on a boat, on the water. - avoided the midday sun on said… Continue reading Confessions
Goals can be hard to complete: so just eat cake.
Often, if we look at say a goal - climb a mountain, write that 75, 000 word novel etc - the enormity of it all can be just plain depressing. The idea of it is exciting; the end result is looked forward to with great expectation. But when the mountain from the travel brochure becomes… Continue reading Goals can be hard to complete: so just eat cake.
“She wasn’t a beauty … “
I suppose if you look at fiction as wish fulfilment then I can understand why every single heroine seems to be a Beauty of Beauties (or any other word which means - yep, this here gal is attractive). After all, woman want to be beautiful - right? Just look at the thousands of beauty products,… Continue reading “She wasn’t a beauty … “
Be brave and show no mercy
I'm going to stand upon my table and admit to something, something heinous and terrible, awful and appalling, tragic and- fine. I'll stop. Ahem. I can't stand awkwardness - there, I said it. I can't watch it and certainly can't read it. It's like sucking on a lemon or, or swallowing a hair (can't get… Continue reading Be brave and show no mercy
of words & books 