Maria Haskins's Blog, page 56
July 8, 2015
Poem in progress: ‘In school’
In school Crouching on the threshold as the door closes. Rattling glass, downy feathers ruffled, shivering cold blue sky outside. Get up. Keep moving. Don’t step on the cracks. And breathe, breathe, breathe in your own words, breathe out into your cold hands just a bit of warmth, then hands in pockets. Find some stillness … Continue reading →
July 1, 2015
The books are in the mail!
Thanks to everyone who entered my Goodreads-giveaway! It was my first ever book-giveaway and it was a lot of fun! The three winners should be receiving their copies of Odin’s Eye within a week to 10 days: the paperbacks were mailed out yesterday! Congratulations to all the winners, and if you didn’t win, you can … Continue reading →
June 29, 2015
5 of my favourite Swedish classics
As I’m writing this, I’m just about to set out on my annual trek to Sweden: off to see family, do as little as possible, and hopefully read a whole heck of a lot. To mark the occasion, I’m recommending 5 Swedish literary classics that are well worth reading: they are 5 of my personal favourites, … Continue reading →
June 24, 2015
Poetry in progress – ‘Peek’
Peek Are you afraid? I am. I can see your heart beat inside me. I can see your life flicker on the screen. But I don’t know how it ends. Do you already know this place, this bed, this room, this light? Do you already know who you are, who I am, who to be? … Continue reading →
June 22, 2015
New interview with me from Lisette Brodey’s wonderful Writers’ Chateau
Lisette Brodey is an accomplished author with a long list of published books in various genres. She also has an online Writers’ Chateau, and invites other writers over to chat about their writing, their books, and whatever else takes their fancy! You can read the interview with me, at Lisette’s Writers’ Chateau here: Chat with Maria Haskins. I talk about … Continue reading →
June 19, 2015
What to read while waiting for ‘Game of Thrones’ to return & ‘Winds of Winter’ to be released
I hardly watch any TV at all, except whatever TV-shows my kids subject me to (though I do actually quite like both Spongebob, and Adventure Time). The one show that is currently a must-watch for me, is HBO’s Game Of Thrones. I fell in love with the books first, so season 5 has been a … Continue reading →
June 16, 2015
My Reading List – still a work in progress
I should have known better than to make a Summer Reading List! As soon as I started really thinking about that list, I wanted to add and add and add to it. I’m a pretty fast reader, but it’s pretty clear that I won’t be able to finish all those books in one summer. So: the … Continue reading →
June 11, 2015
An interview with me, at Helle Gade’s website!
The wonderful Helle Gade is featuring an interview with me over at her blog ‘Chase The Dream': Meet Author Maria Haskins! Read about my writing, Odin’s Eye, and more! So exciting and so much fun to be visiting her site! Helle is a very talented poet and photographer, and has released several books with her fantastic … Continue reading →
Books vs. ebooks & the joy of reading
How do you prefer to read books these days? Digital or hardcopy? Paper or screen? Ink or pixels? These days, some people seem to have very strong opinions on the “proper” way to read a book. Screens are bad. Paper is wasteful. E-readers are destroying the way we read/publish/write/think. And so on. I once had … Continue reading →
June 9, 2015
New poetry in progress – ‘Dragon’
Dragon I said fire but I couldn’t even feel the flame crawling across my skin – thin and blue – barely breathing no heat, no charred skin, no blistered fingertips no pain. Won’t touch don’t touch not with the words or hands not even to look at. I said there is no fire and watched … Continue reading →
