There are many days as a writer when all I do is question myself. Is this novel any good? Do I have any talent at all? Should I just give up the whole writing thing as a bad idea? Who would actually bother reading anything I've written? Do I really want to add to all … Continue reading Your stories matter
Oh, to be a bookworm again
My 10 year-old niece rang me this morning, all excited, to tell me she had won a top reading award at her school. Basically, they get points for the books they read, the harder books accruing more points and so forth. She's accumulated more points than anyone else in her school, and so was the … Continue reading Oh, to be a bookworm again
Movie – The Conjuring
I recently saw The Conjuring, a new thriller/horror movie about a family which moves into a haunted farmhouse, and . . . well you can probably guess what happens next. It's based on the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators around 40 years ago, who were also involved in the well-known Amityville … Continue reading Movie – The Conjuring
Hungry cat
A very quick post today... Our Friday theme is: FUNNY -- post a joke, a hilarious video, a lol-funny graphic. I'm not sure the following video is hilarious, but 'funny' is not really my thing. Simon's Cat is, however, and his animations always make me laugh. They remind me so much of my Devilcat. This … Continue reading Hungry cat
Travelling in the 90s – to Olympia
Resuming our 1993 journey through Greece, we pick up our intrepid travellers in the ancient town of Delphi, headed by means of public buses and trains to the equally ancient town of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games... (The Travelling in the 90s series of posts features extracts from my original travel journal with minimal … Continue reading Travelling in the 90s – to Olympia
Recipe for chocolate pudding
Comfort food. That was the first thing I thought of when pondering this week's WANAfriday blogging theme: Post your favourite recipe -- and perhaps a story to go with it! Yeah, all right, I proposed the theme. Because I've had a really tough week. And if someone put a piping hot bowl of chocolate pudding … Continue reading Recipe for chocolate pudding
D&D Chronicles: Goblins and Barrow Wights
The action heated up in our most recent session of Dungeons and Dragons, in which we raided a goblin village, confronted three barrow wights and suffered random attacks from a 6-foot lizard and two pairs of snakes. Our raid of the goblin village was the high point for the night. A small band of them … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Goblins and Barrow Wights
Five favourite things RED
This week's Friday blog theme is a most admirable colour... Next to purple, red is probably my favourite of all the colours, although it hasn't always been such. I distinctly remember being convinced red didn't suit me at all when I was a kid. Not sure where that conviction originated... Anyway, now half the garments … Continue reading Five favourite things RED
How DISC informs my ‘Creative’ writing process
Last year sometime I had occasion to undergo a DISC behaviour assessment during a professional development course. It's one of many such psych tests commonly used by organisations to develop (and sometimes screen) employees. They're fascinating things. Anyway, I was thrilled to discover that according to the DISC assessment I am a 'Creative'. "Huzzah!" thought … Continue reading How DISC informs my ‘Creative’ writing process
Weekly photo challenge ~ Companionable
I have the perfect photo for this week's photo challenge, for which the theme is Companionable.The challenge was laid down to us bloggers to avoid flinging more cat photos into the maelstrom of the Interwebs and so I have responded with... THIS!The above is me and a rather, er, large bottle of wine in the … Continue reading Weekly photo challenge ~ Companionable
Ellen Gregory 