So, what is my writing style?
That question akin to asking, ‘Who am I?’ (Answer: How the bleep do I know?) I’m different in different circumstances. I change, I adapt, I filter, I use different language, I act differently, depending on what I’m doing and who I’m with – child, adult, work colleague, client, neighbour, shop-assistant-who-can’t-be-bothered-to-stop-gossiping-on-the-phone-and-serve-you, or [...]
It’s taken me this long to realise that I have a real problem.
A year or so ago, I decided to look up why I have so much trouble recognising faces. My eyesight is good and I genuinely want to remember people. To my surprise, I found other people who have the same [...]
It’s hard to believe that in 2011, the debate over whether women belong in war zones – whether as soldiers or journalists – is still raging.
In the past couple of weeks, there have been heated discussions on this theme.
The issue I have with it is – whether anyone likes it or not, women [...]
Almost everyone has words they hate.* Innocent words – but words that grind down your spine or render you practically catatonic until the offending word isn’t being spoken anymore.
On the TV show, How I Met Your Mother, Lily (Alyson Hannigan) hates the word moist. She finds it unbearable when spoken.
Okay, I don’t have [...]
The commercially printed word has, up until very recent times, been controlled by a few.
The only news or views you could read came via a newspaper or magazine. If you wanted to write articles, you become a journalist or professional writer.
Now, blogs are online in the millions. You can publish your thoughts, interviews, journal, [...]
I only just watched the movie, Slumdog Millionaire during the Easter break. No idea how I missed seeing this before.
At the end I watched the special features, which included the director etc talking about the making of the film. One thing that was said ruined a pretty important aspect of the movie [...]
Continue Reading →Saw the movie, had to read the book.
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy is the story a man and his son, escaping the wintry north in a post-apocalyptic world.
The world is dying in all possible ways – the land, the animals, the people and the humanity of people. How can the man and his [...]
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