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I haven’t updated my blog in over a week. Shame on me. I’ve just been busy with other things, I guess: work, the various chores around the house and garden, more work etc. I’ve read a book or two, watched a film or two and also watched It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I went…

I was reading a story the other day where a guy was trying to catch falling leaves because he hoped that an old superstition was true, that stated that for every falling leaf that someone catches they add an extra day to their life. Ever hear that one before? I hadn’t and so I tried…

There is a rather interesting Essay in The New York Times. It’s dated Sep 30th, but I’ve only just found out about it. The essay is called ‘What Ails the Short Story’, it is rather interesting, and the guy who penned it knows a thing or two about short stories. They call him Stephen King….

I recently came across this quote: ~ “A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” – Richard Bach ~ I think I will use it as a mantra and repeat it to myself every time I get a rejection letter.

Absolute Vanilla has just tagged me for a writing meme created by Patrick at Writing Life. If I accept this task the instructions are: “Make a list of five strengths that you possess as a writer/artist. It’s not really bragging, it’s an honest assessment (forced upon you by this darn meme). Please resist the urge…

Doesn’t time fly when you are busy? I haven’t posted in over a week now. I just never had the time because I have been very busy in the kitchen with my spirit level, my t-square and assorted other tools. Jobs needed doing, I had to do them (or pay someone else to do them…

I was looking up something about J K. Rowling the other day and followed a link to her website. After I had chosen the language that I wanted to view the site in, I was transferred to the main index page. Wow! What a visual site. Very fancy. It took me a little while to…

Last week I read Crab’s Moon by Guy N. Smith. It is a strange book because the story runs alongside that of the first crabs book, Night of the Crabs. I have never read a book like this before. Usually books follow on, not run alongside. I actually bought Crab’s Moon first, but when I…

I just found a link to a trailer for Stephen King’s The Mist. It looks pretty good. I remember reading the story in King’s Skeleton Crew anthology and enjoying it immensely. I’ve done some checking and found out that the story was originally printed in a 1980 anthology called Dark Forces (mixed authors). I see…

Last week I read Stephen King’s Christine. It’s the second time I’ve read it. The last time was 20 years ago. When I realized it was that long ago it made me feel kind of old. Anyway, if you’ve seen the John Carpenter film that’s based on the book, but never actually read the book,…