Stray thoughts, tamed.
"It's the same old story— yeah" Simon & Garfunkel, "Keep the customer satisfied"- For the chronologically-challenged, here's the brushed up CD version. I do hope there are still those out there who recognised the quotation immediately. The same old story is a reference to the fact that despite the convergence of opportunity, technology, and even a... Continue Reading →
Today's Daily Prompt invites bloggers to toot their own horn. We have been invited to write about our favourite thing about ourselves, given our normal excellence at self-deprecation. Oooh! Online group therapy! Forget it! I much prefer being self-deprecating, as much as it annoys one of my favourite cousins. It is a reflex action ingrained... Continue Reading →
David Bowie used to do this. In an interview with British marvel, Michael Parkinson, he spoke about his creative process. David Bowie used to cut words out of the newspaper, or write arbitrary words on a piece of paper, and if my memory serves me correctly – and I believe it usually does! – he... Continue Reading →
Assumption As a point of departure, let's just assume I am nuts on two counts: I have decided to participate seriously this year in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), which promises, "thirty days and nights of literary abandon". The goal is to write a novel within the month of November of 50,000 words or longer.... Continue Reading →
Susan Cain: The power of introverts | Video on TED.com. I am so glad I have real friends on Facebook who post interesting things I wait two days to watch because I think it is going to take too much of my time. This video is only nineteen minutes long, and well worth every single... Continue Reading →
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest web page is one I would really like to explore in depth. This type of writing is an art form in itself, albeit not one which conjures up an image of tucking one's knees under the rug on a sofa, hot cup of tea in hand, and settling down to a cosy... Continue Reading →
That elusive pair of jeans 