Posts tagged ‘Sentimental Sunday’

Jun 21

The grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side of the hairdressers

When I was in my final year of high school, I got a perm. I guess you could be forgiven for thinking I went to school in the eighties—or maybe even the early nineties. Unfortunately, NO. Read more

Jun 14

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There’s NO shame in being bullied. ONLY in bullying

I was a SUPER shy kid. Like frog-in-my-throat, petrified-of-telephones, let-my-brother-speak-for-me kid. To make matters worse, my family moved around like a band of gypsies. Read more

Jun 7

My former life as a vegetarian zoo keeper

When I was a teen, I turned vegetarian.

My oldest brother bet I would last about a month. I lasted SIX YEARS (go me!). Read more

May 31

When I was little, I thought my curtains were HAUNTED…

When I was little (perhaps five or six years old) I remember lying in bed in the dark (which I was VERY afraid of) and staring at my curtains. The pattern on my curtains in daylight was gingham, which was certainly NOT what I was seeing that night. Read more

• WRITE ALL THE BOOKS BLOG

  • HOW TO WRITE DIALOGUE WHEN YOU HATE IT February 12, 2017
    DIALOGUE. You either love it (like Hemingway) or you loathe it (like me). Proust likened dialogue to stained glass and the prose around it like the supporting frame. For me, the prose around it is the frame, the wall and the whole GOSHDARN building. It’s not that I find writing dialogue difficult, but I tend … Continue reading HOW TO WRITE DIALOGUE WHEN YOU […]
  • RESPECT your writing (and the value of commercial fiction) February 10, 2017
    I recently watched La La Land (like three times). By the third time I was able to sit through it without bawling like a baby. It had a profound effect on me, which I wasn’t expecting AT ALL. This means you can expect to find more La La Land references in future posts, but, for … Continue reading RESPECT your writing (and the value of commercial fiction)