I am a great one for starting projects (but not necessarily finishing them) and getting enthusiastic about new ventures (even if only short lived). At the moment this includes running, which I've recently discovered I can do and love it.Food us up there on my list of passions - I like cooking, though it's not always appreciated by the family. Walking the dog keeps me sane, I paint the house every summer when I always have lots of energy. Oh, yes, and books - I love them - and reading! Just as well, really, given my job is to read manuscripts and publish books.CURRENT MOON lunar phaseOops, nearly forgot, I am Swingball Champ, undefeated.
People who can recommend short story authors. People who run. People passionate about food. Paul Auster and JG Ballard, John Travolta 20 years ago.
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are the best. I like all sorts of other music: David Bowie. The Band. Velvet Underground. The Pixies, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Andy Stewart (after a few drinks), Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, The Killers,just about everything, up to a point.
I love films and go to the cinema every Saturday morning with my daughter so am well up on children's movies. Rent lots of DVDs and have wide-ranging taste. Can watch the same ones time and time again as I have a terrible memory and forget plots and endings very quickly. 21 Grams was fab. Calamity Jane. Fight Club. The Matrix (first one only - a classic). Grease, Kill Bill 1 & 2 - I want to come back as Uma Thurman in that film in the next life.
Can't be bothered with it. Endure lots of children's tv channels, usually at full volume.
I love all of Salt Publishing's authors - we publish the most exciting poets and short story writers in the world (seriously, we do).
Click here for Myspace LayoutsMore generally, I love short stories, especially by North American authors. Loved Cloud Atlas (lots of interconnected short stories) and was with Pi every nautical mile of his journey with the tiger. Loved Brass by Helen Walsh - a bare-knuckle read. JG Ballard's Vermilion Sands is a masterpiece. Like to read books recommended by interesting people - as long as they're short [received this comment in response to that statement: Now, really, how many short people do you know who are really interesting deep down, once you get over the "Hi" and "Gosh, you're short... was your Dad short too?"]Paul Auster - just about everything by him. Anna Kavan.