Jane Jago's Blog, page 457
November 24, 2017
A Bite of… Nikki Moyes
I had severe depression while I was at University. I remember reading ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ and being intrigued by a writer broaching the subject of suicide but also disturbed by the fact it glorified suicide and the main character didn’t even have depression. I wanted to write a story that could start a conversation about mental health while showing what depression is like. I wanted to make...
November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving
Despite living in Wilmington, Delaware for over a decade, Moira had never understood the point of Thanksgiving. She was a proud Scot by birth and she came from a long line of proud Scots. Not that she was unfriendly or anti-social, her knitting circle and reading group were always well attended and her role as librarian was highly respected.
She had moved to the US from Linwood in Renfrewshire when her husband died. Her only daughter being, at that time, herself a widowed single-mother in Wil...
Winter
You are old, and your winter is near
When cold winds will blow round your ears
When you’ll shiver and shake
And your old bones will quake
Why doesn’t that fill you with fear?
© jane jago 2017
November 22, 2017
Review of ‘Atlas and the Winds’ series (so far) by Eric Michael Craig
Okay. Mindbending. And so possible. Another one of those books that has you looking over your shoulder. But. Exquisitely written. I may be in love.
Stormhaven Rising is a multifaceted story based around the prospect of an Asteroid hitting the earth at breakneck speed and the lengths that could be taken if something like that were to happen. The story is told from several perspectives, from a political and scien...
Buzz, Buzz
Oh what is this buzzing my dear
And why does it fill me with fear
Is it mere susurration
Or colonisation
Of flesh-eating insects, I hear
© jane jago 2017
November 21, 2017
Short Reads for Shorter Days
If you’re anything like me, you may find that time is something you seem to have less and less of as each day passes. And if you’re like me, you probably also start out every year with high hopes of accomplishing some pretty big things. Well, friends, I probably don’t need to tell you that this doesn’t always have a way of working out… But… Me and some of my fantastic author friends are here to help you accomplish at least one goal for 2017! A lot of us started the year by participating i...
If I
If I tweet
Will my feet
Compete
If I fart
Will the art
Depart
If I sneeze
Will my knees
Freeze
If I poo
What will you
Do
If I twitter
Is the babysitter
Bitter
If I read
Will I need
Feed
If I critique
Will I speak
Greek
If I rhyme
May I waste
Time
© jane jago 2017
November 20, 2017
Monday Meme – Eden
Underneath the blanket, the girl was mother naked. She shivered lightly, but whether it was fear or excitement she couldn’t tell. She watched her new master as he walked around the room. He too was naked and the firelight placed on the flat planes of his stomach and the corded muscles in his arms and legs. She swallowed nervously and closed her eyes, peeping through the forest of her eyelashes as he turned and come towards her.
“Do you feign slee...
Face your fear
If you really don’t ever get laid
And of women you’re truly afraid
You need not scream and cry
From the Zon you can buy
A kindly inflatable maid
© jane jago 2017
November 19, 2017
Sunday Serial – VII
After a most satisfactory hug, which included a wildly wagging dog, the four of them sat down to Anna’s boeuf bourguignon with softly creamed potatoes, followed by ice cream with chocolate fudge sauce. At the end of the meal, the grown-ups got coffee, and Bill had a mug of warm milk. He patted his little round tummy.
“Thank you Anna, that was lovely. I was very hungry.”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it. When we’ve had a bit of a sit, you can take Bonnie into the garden for her wees, then we’ll pack t...
