This photo sums up two topics very close to my heart and wraps them up in a rather amusing one-liner, so I just had to share it on here with my writing friends…
By the way – just for clarification – those two topics I was referring to are good grammar and sci-fi; not over-bearing dominance and kinky leather costumes.
Thanks to the Official Star Wars costumes Facebook page for the original.
I’ve talked about character names on this blog before, and you may recall that I get many of my names from gravestones.
Well, in relation to that, a funny thing happened the other day… or not so much funny, but more such a striking coincidence that I really just had to pick it up and run with it.
So here’s what happened… Continue reading
Loved this, especially the first one. Thanks Interesting Literature for the original.
‘Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.’ – Robertson Davies
‘When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.’ – Mark Twain
‘I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is so remarkable a cat as My Cat.’ – T. S. Eliot (letter to his godson, 1931)
‘Little one, I would like to see anyone — prophet, king or God — persuade a thousand cats to do anything at the same time.’ – Neil Gaiman
‘When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not more of a pastime to her than she is to me?’ – Montaigne
‘If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.’ – Doris Lessing
‘Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until…
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So, to begin with, my apologies for not posting for a while. I’ve been working solely of the first edit of my book, which (unsurprisingly) required a lot of work. But it’s finally back in the editor’s hands now, looking a lot more lean and muscular than before.
Hence, I now have time to connect with all my followers in the blogosphere (hi, you two).
And, in true-to-form fashion, I’m going to start with a rant… well, a little moan, at least.
While I may not have been writing my own blog posts recently, I have been reading a few. And in the time it’s taken to edit my book, I’ve began to question whether this is even a worthwhile experience due to a host of negative articles on why certain forms of publishing are worse than others. Ironic, eh?
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