Can you hear that? No, you probably can’t. But I can. Tinnitus: ringing or buzzing in the ears. That definition just does not do it justice in my case. A concentration-shattering, perpetual whistling, more like. A shrill, hissing, sibilant, headache-inducing screeching that eases off to a whispering susurration at times. Or maybe you can hear …
Category: The battle
Mothers, Conspiracy, Frustration
Conspiracy To Steal Time From Mothers? The handover from March to April 2019 didn't go too well in the UK. The clocks went forward the night before UK Mothers' Day. A nationful of mothers had an hour trimmed off their special day! Some conspiracy theorists think this was planned by a man! The theory is …
A HOROSCOPE FOR FICTION WRITERS
The following is a re-post from Greg Levin's Blog (28 December 2015) - so go blame him 😉 ------------------------ I’ve always believed astrology to be totally bunk, but the stars and planets recently aligned in such a way as to compel me to create the following. Horoscope for Fiction Writers: Aquarius. You are progressive-minded, original and …
Christmas Already?
Crikey! And it only seems a few weeks ago that I was posting about Thanksgiving. Whatever you celebrate around this time - have a wonderful one. And best wishes for the coming year!
Who votes, and how?
More on the proposed Science Fiction and Fantasy Planetary Awards
Creating New Awards
An interesting proposal here...
The 8 Rules of Writing Short Fiction
Some interesting thoughts from Kurt Vonnegut...
Follow Schopenhauer?
You know I love quotations and here's a golden that was being bandied about the blogosphere in recent weeks... "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788 – 1860 Fine words! Especially for the aspiring artist. Or are they? Schopenhauer influenced a …
Can This Be True Of Authors?
The Three Ages of an Author Thinks everything they write is wonderful. Thinks nothing they write is wonderful. Cuts out everything that might be regarded as wonderful. The story gets published. Courtesy of John Yeoman, Writers' Village I am at stage 3 on "Succession!", revising and trimming the fat - "killing my babies" as Ernest Hemingway described …
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