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Tooled up on Baker Street
On Dr Watson's first adventure with Sherlock Holmes, the laconic consulting detective asks him:"Have you any arms?""I have my old service revolver and a few cartridges.""You had better clean it and...
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Lots of bands with 'wolf' in the name.
I went to my first festival at the weekend, in a garden built by a Victorian atheist to entice people away from church on a Sunday. He ran free coach trips from nearby towns. They'd deck the woods with...
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Making bisexuality boring since 1992
It was Bisexual Visibility Day last week, and I posted this, then took it dow, fearing it was a bit rainbow-coloured-wholemeal-snowflake. But people said it wasn't as bad as that, so I'm putting it...
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Giving the Bones to Someone Who Appreciate Bones
Edited to correct: I NO LONGER have two books by Natalie Goldman (author of Writing Down the Bones) which I don't want: Wild Mind and Thunder and Lightening, both on creative writing. SORRY! comments
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Tarting up the seasonal home
I have no wintersparkle decorations and I want to make some. I favour biodegradable and/or scrap materials. I'm reasonably handy. Any ideas? Also, any ideas of nice shapes, signs, motifs or symbols? I...
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Creative writing courses/groups?
In the New Year I'd like to add some formality to my creative writing. Has anyone had good experiences with:- courses in London - I don't think I want to go as big as an MA but anything up to Cert...
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Loaded phrases
There was a joke on The Adam and Jo Show about the film The English Patient. From shonky memory:Chap A: Look at these ancient cave paintings - these people lived amazingly communally, sharing...
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Writing about writing 1
I'm about to print off the first 2/3 of the novel I've been working on. I'm excited! So excited that the urge to CUT CORNERS comes over me. E.g. one scene needs a change of location, before I print it....
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