Been a bit quiet of late here, I make to no apologies since this a blog, not a cure for cancer. But if you want explanations, there's been life, study and assignment deadlines, work and the odd random visit to hospital. As you do. Anyway, none of the above have stopped me from writing and … Continue reading On Writing, analogies and um, writing
Shelf Life: The Discarded Image
Thought I would try something different. I grabbed a random book from my shelves for something of a review, or a justification. I'm gonna call this, if it becomes a bit of a thing, Shelf Life. My favourite CS Lewis book is probably The Discarded Image. Forget Narnia, this is where Lewis really properly creates … Continue reading Shelf Life: The Discarded Image
Devolution of Promethean Proportions
I’ve had a very Promethean weekend. I saw Prometheus and also an encore screening of the NT Live Production of Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Frankenstein and Johnny Lee Miller as the Creature. Firstly, the film: I badly wanted to love it. And there are bits I did. Michael Fassbender as a … Continue reading Devolution of Promethean Proportions
The Greater Good – More on Cabin in the Woods
So I saw this film. Suffice it to say it left an impression. If this is too in-depthy, my apologies. As storyteller Joss Whedon is oft concerned to explore the less than wonderful consequences of doing bad things for the greater good. This is especially clear in the film Serenity and most recently in Cabin in … Continue reading The Greater Good – More on Cabin in the Woods
Springes to Catch Woodcocks: first ideas about Cabin in the Woods
So I saw Cabin in the Woods. I was duly horrified. Not as horrified as the woman who kept screaming in the row behind me, but I left the cinema with mouth agape, slightly deaf from the screaming, but also thinking THAT is how you do it. Appalled. You know how Revenge feels like a … Continue reading Springes to Catch Woodcocks: first ideas about Cabin in the Woods
Crash. Words on the Effect.
I was in a car crash. A couple of years ago I was in a car accident. It was a close call. My very first car Bertha, was a write off. As was the light pole on the freeway my car took out before turning on its side and skidding along the grass verge before … Continue reading Crash. Words on the Effect.
On women’s writing/awards
Recognising women's literary achievements through specially designated awards is not about the authors and writers or even their works, all of which can and do possess merit and worthiness. What it is about is the men and women and institutions that are blind to them. And have almost always been. Kerryn Goldsworthy has explained this better … Continue reading On women’s writing/awards
Butterfly Effects and Emerging Writers
There is no such thing as an emerging butterfly. There are caterpillars and there are butterflies. I don't know what an 'emerging writer' is, but whenever I apply for things or look at entries, I'm not it. Not enough publications, too many publications, haven't earned enough, or too much, no big novel, too many different … Continue reading Butterfly Effects and Emerging Writers
No story is everyone’s friend
I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything. It comes from too long having to read so much into hardly anything at all. Madox, The English Patient. I'm thinking about language. So many words and phrases in English have fallen by the wayside. Almost like wayside. Who says prithee any more, or peradventure? … Continue reading No story is everyone’s friend
Interrogating The Avengers, Doctor Who &…Brideshead Revisited
'Ere be spoilers These are the compare and contrast notes of the Star Ship...damn, wrong universe. No this is the Blog of Bec, who wonders: is Joss Whedon a Doctor Who fan? Are Doctor Who writers fans of the Marvel universe and vice versa? And why is gamma radiation? Imagine if Doctor Who had the … Continue reading Interrogating The Avengers, Doctor Who &…Brideshead Revisited
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