Introducing fictional TV show Sapphire’s head publicist, Volare Putkin. She has been requested by her employer, Splenic Studios, to interview Rosie Jones about the release of her new book, ZOMG! The Northern Fangirls. Here is an excerpt of the tête-à-tête, but it is accompanied by two warnings: King Pin of the Sapphire Scripting Team crashed [...]
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Inglorious Gob-Full
language warning. Crudeness ahead . . .
I got a gob-full from a stranger today. Told-off, reprimanded, rebuked. You know the drill, but the awful part is that I was entirely in the wrong.
The gob-full was thoroughly deserved.
Doesn’t make it any easier to take, though. I wonder if you know what I mean and whether [...]
The Tinderbox, 2009
If you’ve ever opened your oven and felt pure, dry heat venture forth and overcome, then you have an idea of what it was like in the state of Victoria on February 7, 2009.
Melbourne baked. The tinderbox of bush surrounding our capital city was mere accelerant for mother nature’s disaster cauldron that day – she [...]
Human Writes
The man who once said ‘writing is the most fun you can have by yourself‘ is chatting about other things apart from writing lately. Sadly.
Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series, has been in the media speaking eloquently about the concept of assisted suicide. Some people refer to it as ‘dying with dignity’, others [...]
Books, Blogs and Bliss
Even though I am a gadgetry harlot and would sell my soul for any item with the prefix i attached - iphone, ipod, ipad, isexybloke – nothing detracts from my adoration of a new book.
Brand new. Spankingly firm and taunt of binding, wonderfully print-perfumed and creaseless and perfect. Straight from the printer to the shipping container [...]
To Slush, With Love
Have you ever waded through slush? According to northern hemisphere friends, there’s a fair chance they will be met by slush when they venture outside at the moment.
It’s a nasty image, isn’t it? Then, slip on some nude pantyhose, pop on your best shoes as though you are going to meet someone special, only to [...]
Do you wanna doctorate with that piece o’ fiction?
Recently, two of my learned writing friends at LiveJournal were discussing the place of higher echelon education in the background of ‘the writer’.
Some interesting conversation ensued and has had me thinking over the past couple of weeks – a process that’s really dangerous as my brain is often prone to wander about and seep through [...]
A word is a word is an adjectival clause
Sorry about the silly title.
Having been fortunate enough to write on LiveJournal for a few years, I’ve met many fellow/lady journal keepers from all over the world. Some, I’ve made such firm friendships with that I long to meet them. Others have butted heads with me or fallen away or never wanted to get to [...]
ILY
Some people think the words I love you are overused. Perhaps they are, but I don’t get tired of hearing them spoken.
Growing up in an era where love was shown rather than spoken of, verbalizing those three words has been something of a molehill to mount. I knew I was loved. I felt love from [...]
Checking For (firm-buttocked) Dangers
In November each year, my part time employer sends me to renew first aid credentials. Often I go alone and sit with groups of people who work for other companies. So when it comes to ‘partner activities’, I’m usually a bit of a Nigel (no mates) and have to lurk on the cusp of (non [...]
