…the latest writing prompt came in. How real was I going to get? I’d already bared my soul this week – aka tried to write a short biography – and now there was more to be done. Here’s the thing. The things that are really scary to us are also hard to put down in …
Category archives: Media
5 October: the perfect dinner party
I am on the phone to the imaginary agent of Stephen Fry. The agent is sorry, but the imaginary Stephen is booked solid for several months. As a popular person to invite to imaginary perfect dinner parties, I need to understand it is hard for him to make time to come. I try the imaginary …
3 Oct: What if…
Another writing prompt for today. What if…starts me into a nonsensical spiral. What if the worlds of Dr Seuss are real? What if the first of Octember will really come? And what if any of the wonderful dreams of children’s books can come true? I think this is where I go when I hear what …
Blog hopping: A Formal Feeling
My first go at a blog hop…I hope I get it right. And what better topic to begin on than children’s books. My ongoing sorting out of the books, post-building work, means that I seem to have filled one of these, top to bottom, just with children’s books. (Plus two extra shelves added in.) So …
Game on: Fleeced
It doesn’t matter who you like most – Wallace, Gromit, or Sean the Sheep. Or even whether you like Wensleydale or not. If the Gruffalo game allows you to enact a story book, Fleeced is a board game where you play out the action of the third Wallace and Gromit animation: A Close Shave. This …