Daily Science Fiction :: Ghosts of Janus by Day Al-Mohamed.
Slightly creepy story.
30 Days of Creative Writing: Day 27
Victory! Victory! My battle with uncooperative electronic items is over, and my tablet is now fully charged and functional (there’s no rule that says I can’t be over dramatic if I want to). So let’s have a look at another of the exercises in ‘Back to Creative Writing School’ by Bridget Whelan.
Review: ‘Fargoer’ by Petteri Hannila
2013
Jyvaskyla
Translated by Peitsa Suoniemi, Miika Hannila and Petteri Hannila, from
the novel ‘Kaukamoinen’
Free books, how I do love thee
I couldn’t sleep last night so I went on Amazon.co.uk and found a load of free kindle fantasy and sci fi books. Once I get the tablet to a WiFi connection I’ll download them. I may even read a few.
30 days of Creative Writing: Day 24
I’m back! After feeling particularly awful for a couple of days and pretty much incapable of writing anything creative, I’m feeling almost human again.
Another post about my illness. You can stop reading now.
I’m considering spending the day in bed, hoping the anxiety that’s currently choking me goes away and I stop wanting to cry. There’s no reason for either, it’s just how I feel today. I have things to do; I should be working on my short story, or reading one of the three books I need to review, or writing ky next ’30 days…’ post, or going to college to finish the assessment I started yesterday, or apply for that lab job in Leeds I’ve seen advertised, or eat something sensible, or take my dogs for a long run, or…you get the picture.
It’s really frustrating that I have things I need to get done. But I just don’t want to leave my room. My room is safe, everything else is scary. There are people outside; I’ll have to speak to them or otherwise interact.
Continue reading “Another post about my illness. You can stop reading now.”
Things I love and hate about blogging
I started blogging about two and a half years ago to give myself more opportunities in my writing. It’s been an interesting adventure, especially since I got a phone that has decent internet access and I can keep my blog up to date.
30 Days of Creative Writing:Day 21
Today’s exercise is about humour in writing, specifically parody. We’re going to parody a dictionary. I’ve been given a list of words and have to define them a la Ambrose Bierce’s ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’.
30 Days of Creative Writing: Day 20
I was going to skip a few chapters in the book and choose my favourite exercises for the next ten days. Continue reading “30 Days of Creative Writing: Day 20”
30 Days of Creative Writing: Day 19
Good evening, everyone had a good day? I’ve been at work. I can’t really complain since I only work two days a week, but I do get exhausted by Sunday afternoon. I managed to fit in at least a little writing on my breaks today.
Everything Is Better With Dragons 