My First Poem: Pigeons |
One of my first poems was uncovered in a recent clearout. I was probably about six when I wrote this. As you can see, I already had the idea of non-rhyming poetry. Sort of.An untitled poem about pigeo...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:55:00 GMT |
Rewarding Writer Tantrums |
Fairly recently, an author decided to attack a reader who'd one-starred her on Amazon. In the process, the author constructed a whole conspiracy theory about the reader recruiting people for the anti-...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:05:00 GMT |
Contest Entry: A Sine of Friendship |
Nathan Bransford has another blog contest going. This time it's to write a diary entry, as written by a teenager*. Here's mine, in it's triangular glory:A Sine of FriendshipTrigonometry. It's like tea...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:59:00 GMT |
Dates for the Short Storyist Diary |
Before getting back to the usual blog mix of occasionally informative posts, and other random stuff of debatable usefulness, 'tis writing diary time. There hasn't been enough of a new year for persona...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:33:00 GMT |
The Fungal Truth! |
Oh no, Google auto-complete knows the truth about my minions!(Yes, I am working hard writing and not playing around on Google)
Posted by on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:23:00 GMT |
Goals for 2010 - On Quirkiness |
The Year in WaffleThis was a year of some change for me, as I gave up my job early in the year. I've been a lot happier since (and it meant I had time to enjoy Christmas this year... I like having tim...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:57:00 GMT |
Snowman at Every Day Poets |
'Tis the season. Or not. This is actually a spring poem (despite the name). But still, it has snow! It has... not much happiness. That's odd really, because I find snowmen inherently funny. Maybe I'll...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:25:00 GMT |
Orange Season: On Food Seasonality |
In the past in the UK, fruit and vegetables were seasonal*. They still are as far as the farmers/gatherers go. As far as the modern shopper goes, very few planty items are seasonal** because the food ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:55:00 GMT |
The Hidden Costs of TrueTwit |
This post is about a new Twitter service, but the principles can apply to other social networks.TrueTwit is a Twitter tool that messages anyone who follows you. It asks them to click a link and prove ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:53:00 GMT |
Review of Ars Memoriae by Beth Bernobich |
This is a book tour post for Ars Memoriae, a novella by Beth Bernobich. In this tour, the book does the travelling, not the author. I looked after it for a bit and you can too, if you meet the followi...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:05:00 GMT |
