One of the reasons I enjoy audiobooks so much, aside from their role in alleviating my commuting boredom, is due to the interpretation given to the text by a good reader/narrator. Often actors and performers, these good narrators not only give texture and inflection to the narrative, but also tend to put on voices to … Continue reading When you read, do you hear voices in your head?
Live Wonderstruck…
...is an inspirational blog by writer, S.M. Hutchins, focused on encouraging us to appreciate the wonder all around us in our everyday lives. This is a wonderful thing and we all need reminding! Every Wednesday she hosts an interview with someone -- encouraging us to see things from a different perspective and perhaps find something new to apply … Continue reading Live Wonderstruck…
Journeying through Middle Earth again
The imminent arrival of the new Hobbit movie (part 1) to our cinemas has me indulging in yet another viewing of the movies that started it all: Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I love these movies. I'll never forget the first time I saw Fellowship of the Ring. I went a couple … Continue reading Journeying through Middle Earth again
Fake plastic trees of colour and light
It's that time of the year and I put up my Christmas tree tonight. It's not a 'real' one... rather, it's made of plastic and optical glass fibres. The way these work is really cool. All the optical fibres terminate in the base, where a lamp shines down their length. A semi-transparent disk, tinted various … Continue reading Fake plastic trees of colour and light
Imagine wide, dream big
I like to surround myself with reminders of why I'm here, what I'm doing, and give myself the occasional pep talk while I'm at it. It's so easy to let life get in the way of dreams, so easy to get all caught up in the mechanics that you forget how to unleash creativity and … Continue reading Imagine wide, dream big
D&D Chronicles: Death… and Resurrection
Here's the thing. I died on Saturday night. That is, my D&D character did. She stepped on a pressure pad when trekking down a dark tunnel, fell into a pit and was defeated by a giant centipede. Excellent! Not. We'd all been traipsing up a river, looking for a back way into the goblins' secret … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Death… and Resurrection
And that’s a NaNoWriMo wrap
Well, that was an experience. My first NaNoWriMo. I didn't quite make it to the end, but I did give it a red hot go for 25 days out of 30 and achieved 41, 750 words. This (aside from the fact I didn't achieve the ultimate goal of 50K) is a wonderful thing. It's certainly more … Continue reading And that’s a NaNoWriMo wrap
No more ‘out of print’
You want to know what I think is one of the best things about the new WONDERFUL era of publishing and e-books? There no longer need be any such thing as 'out of print'. That's right. Books are now the most accessible they've ever been, and they can now live for ever online, just waiting … Continue reading No more ‘out of print’
NaNoWriMo sanity check
This is just going to be a quick update of where I'm at with stuff (aka NaNoWriMo sanity check). The most excellent news is that I'm still on schedule to complete the 50K in 30 days and sailed past 35K this evening. There was a mini meltdown on Monday evening, when the pressure of producing … Continue reading NaNoWriMo sanity check
D&D Chronicles: Of spiders and a squirrel
If I've learnt anything while learning how to play Dungeons and Dragons, it's that games don't seem to go the way you expect. Our group reconvened last weekend all ready to storm the temple and kill goblins, but . . . fate intervened. We left our last session on the outskirts of the clearing of … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Of spiders and a squirrel
Ellen Gregory 