The Show Must Go On…
Today, I was given a golden opportunity to do a fifteen-minute presentation on my favourite subject to some of my fellow colleagues – my passion for writing. To start of with, silly me, thinking that I was all prepared, forgot one simple fact; that Macbook Air didn’t have a direct connection like PC-based laptops do to a data projector, and arriving at the venue on-time, I had no time to source this little device connecting my Macbook to the data projector from anywhere else. No...
Read MoreDon’t Think… Just Write!
As writers, we all tend to mull over each word, each sentence, each paragraph, making sure that one flows from the next; that the adjective we’ve chosen aptly reflect the mood of the character or the atmosphere of the situation. We consult our trusty Thesaurus over our word choices; sometimes, we even (gasp!) select a whole section we’ve deemed unworthy and press the ‘Delete’ button, or rip pages of handwriting we simply believe are made of utter crap. Not so long ago, I...
Read MoreBook Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
This book came highly recommended by a few of my friends, stating the old adage of ‘once you’ve gone past the first page, you wouldn’t want to put it down’. The synopsis at the back cover of the book didn’t reveal much, except this: January 1946: Writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of...
Read MoreOops… I Did It Again!!!
From the moment I began writing the ‘Lizzy & Michael’ saga, I knew I wanted to cover at least ten years of their lives. For the longest time, I was adamant that there was only to be one giant book of ‘Lizzy & Michael’, divided into four main groups; high school, college, growing up and now (now being the last 2 years of the ten-year span covered). That was until I reached page 1284 and Microsoft Word kept crashing on me, and I was somewhat forced to split Lizzy...
Read MoreBedtime Rituals…
How do you calm your inner being in preparation to the night-time slumber? I’ve read of a fictional character once whom religiously brush her thick golden locks to the count of one-hundred (and not another brush stroke less!). I’ve known some who need to have a mandatory glass of warm milk, tea, or even wine. Others rub lotions to the cracked skins of their hands/feet. I myself have, from time to time, prop myself up with a good book (which can backfire when you want to finish just...
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