Last Friday I mentioned that one of my favourite composers, Kerry Muzzey, had composed a track including the sounds of the Earth as ‘heard’ from space. It’s seriously amazing, so of course I had to share 🙂 (And OHMYGOSH when I went to find the video for today’s post, I realised THERE’S A VERSION WITH […]
The Earth Speaks Not In Flowers, But In Squeaks And Pings! Read More »
I found this the other day when I was searching my old Blogger blog for something else. I wrote this in 2012, but it’s Relevant To Our Interests in this post-truth age, methinks. Hang in there, my lovelies. Be good. The Small Person is in bed, again, at last, and I’m reading, again, but not
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A woman’s body is broken for her children in a way a man’s can never be. We carry our children for nine months — and then an other nine months, and another, until they are simply too big to carry, and then we can only hold. Our bodies are changed forever: stretch marks and scars,
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Posted with Liana’s permission. [View the story “You Can DO This” on Storify] Read more:IT'S A (PARANORMAL) WRAP!!On Weekdays (A Patreon Poem)Am I Doing NaNo This Month??
An Open Letter To All Artists Read More »
Possibly the single most beautiful and profound discussion of racial discrimination I’ve ever seen. It’s gentle, it’s lovely, and it’s all in pictures! But seriously, it’s lovely. And profound. Check it out. #LightenUp by Ronald Wimberly. Read more:Related to #MeTooIs Tolkien Making Me Rethink My Primary Story Universe?Back To The #FoxBook Playlist: Human By Gabrielle
There are days when you just want to wash your hands and quit humanity. You know the kind. Maybe someone (or a whole host of someones) was rude to you; maybe people were petty or spiteful or jealous or rude. Maybe the news is a nightmare, with people taking advantage of everybody else, with the
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In a similar vein to the last repost, and again, applicable to a lot more than just writing…….. I was originally going to title this post ‘A New Cure For Writers’ Block’. But really, it’s not a new cure, for either the world in general, or myself. You’ve heard me talk about it before; the
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New post up on the Darkness and Good blog. This one… eh. This one is. Read more:Short Announcement Re: BooksZero Days, And The Necessity thereofSo, this happened today…
When We Know Better Read More »
First of all, go and watch Maggie’s characteristically awesome list of the top ten things that inspire her. I want to talk about number 5: lying on the floor. Because, you see, last night I had a perfect moment. No, better make that a Perfect Moment, because it was. It was late at night. SmallBoy
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Mostly about backing up your stuff, because my USB died DED this week, and despite the fact that I spent long and frustrated hou– mi– er, periods of time installing portable dropbox on it, it failed to sync to the net on Sunday last week, and I’ve lost an entire chapter of The Novel. It
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