Friday, April 25, 2008

Poetry Friday - 8

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To celebrate Shakespeare's birthday again (because I can if I want to), I offer you Sonnet 104 To me, fair friend, you never can be old...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Happy Birthday Shakespeare!

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In order to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday, I give you one of my favourite speeches from the first Shakespeare play I saw live: This r...
Friday, April 11, 2008

Poetry Friday - 7

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Canadian poet Mark Strand said, "Poetry is about slowing down. You sit and you read something, you read it again, and it reveals a litt...
Friday, April 04, 2008

Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire - Derek Landy

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(Don't everyone die of shock at the fact I'm posting a second time today, OK?) I've just seen that the new Skulduggery Pleasant ...
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Poetry Friday - 6

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I'm in a bit of a melancholy mood today (not sure why) and this poem by Christina Rossetti seems to fit my mood. Remember Remember me w...
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Friday, March 28, 2008

Poetry Friday - 5

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I'm currently (belatedly) reading Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife (Bandwagon? Which bandwagon?). I'm also in ...
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Friday, March 21, 2008

Poetry Friday - 4

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My long Easter weekend was going to be spent solely in writing a long-planned and lengthy story accompanied by Classic FM's annual ...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Match It for Pratchett Campaign

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I've just found out, via a friend, that Terry Pratchett fans worldwide are trying to raise enough money to match his donation of $100000...
Friday, March 14, 2008

Poetry Friday - 3

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My Poetry Friday offering this week is by Alfred Tennyson: Ulysses It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these ba...
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Friday, March 07, 2008

Poetry Friday - 2

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It was the birthday this week of Edward Thomas, a quitessentially English poet. This is one of the many poems he wrote in the short period o...
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Friday, February 29, 2008

Poetry Friday - 1

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So after an extended hiatus during which life and fiction writing overtook my brain so often that I didn't know Friday from Tuesday or u...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Earthquake !

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Just in case anyone out there hears the news from the UK and wonders - yes I did experience the earthquake at 1 am today, but I was only sha...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Still here, honestly

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Yes I am still alive and relatively well (winter colds aside), but writing Doctor Who fanfiction is *literally* my whole life outside of wor...
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Friday, November 30, 2007

Poetry Friday 73

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This week saw the 250th birthday of William Blake, who was born in London in 1757. When he was four he saw God's head appear in a window...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

Poetry Friday 72

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The weather's been a lot colder here in the UK this week so these lines by Shakespeare from "As You Like It" (Act II, Scene vi...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

My Blog's Reading Level

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I snagged this from Liz over at A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy . Allegedly I have NO idea how they work this out but it seems a little ...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

Poetry Friday 71

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For this week's Poetry Friday offering, I have a poem of Matthew Arnold's: Dover Beach The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, t...
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Friday, November 09, 2007

Poetry Friday 70

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This week, in honour of receiving lots of Doctor Who related goodies for my birthday yesterday, I have three of Shakespeare's Sonnets, a...
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Friday, November 02, 2007

Poetry Friday 69

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Shakespeare's Sonnets seem to be on my mind a lot again lately so I've got another one for you this week: 65 Since brass, nor stone...
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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Awards News

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Two lots of awards news to cheer me this morning: From The Times online: A gothic tale about vampire hunters has become the perfect Hallowe...