Just take a look at this.
Scientists have ‘discovered’ that neatness stymies creativity.
Blinks.
Scientists have ‘discovered’ the right side of the brain, it seems.
Crikey, I could have told these highly-paid people that messy is good when it comes to creativity, that one should allow the muse its way with the person doing the creating. And it’s a […]
I’m not much of a one for writing short stories, but once in a while the world thrusts one at me and demands it be told. (I call these the Tales From Yr am Bythau, but that’s another post, not for today). The more recent of these demands was made of me two weeks ago […]
I’ve got the full quote of the line from Aliens:
“We’d better get back ’cause it’ll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night… mostly. ”
Newt, a little girl, is the sole survivor on a planet of human settlers that has been ravaged by the aliens. Very spooky in context. But lose that context and […]
Horror can be a gentle and long build-up to climax incorporating atmosphere and emotion along with story details we already know — or it can be contained in only a single line of sense-exciting prose. I like those mono-scenes that say and do so much to make us shiver or shudder or at the very […]
I am annoyed. Very much so.
I know this is old news, but since Sir Ian McKellen has said that it’s looking more and more likely that he will play Gandalf again for The Hobbit, I feel the subject needs to be re-addressed.
Peter Jackson successfully brought Middle Earth alive and into the homes/minds of many people […]
For those of you who neither know nor care that I used to haunt the canals of Britain in a narrowboat, please don’t bother reading this. Anyone who does boat, or is interested, this is a rant. Be warned.
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Is it one, two…three or more? Boats, I mean, going through lift bridges. How many is enough […]