S.M. Carrière's Blog, page 233

Rediscovering Music

I chanced across this song yesterday when I was home ill. I thought I'd share it with you. It is one of my favourites, and I just adore the music video:Lovely, no?Well, have a great Tuesday everyone. I've got a tonne of work to catch up on.

In Bed

I'm ill today, so there won't be any writing of any kind in any way whatsoever. I'm going to curl up in bed with some tea, possibly soup if I can find it, and hope that it all stays down.Though I may not be writing, I will be day-dreaming... which is half the work, really.In any case, make sure you have a great Monday for me, 'cause I have a feeling this one's not going to be quite so good.

We Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Programme

Good morning!Imagine that being said in a bright, sing-song sort of voice.I'm back, and I'm better. All the personal rubbish is behind me, and I can at last concentrate on getting my writing done. Except, not today. Today is French Friday, so I'll be continuing with my French lessons.On the brighter side of my currently bright mood, there is no Lion Dance tomorrow morning. I'm in two minds

We Are Not Entitled

I have been struck dumb by people's attitudes over the past few months. I'd like to take this opportunity to remind people of something very important:We are not entitled.Just because you've written a book, it doesn't mean you will be published. You are not entitled to be published. If you want to be published, you need to do the work that will get you there. Period. In life, if you want

Everything But...

I've been doing everything but writing this week. I'm sure you'll forgive me. I've needed a few personal days to rest, recharge, and most of all, gather myself together. It's been a rough fortnight.I don't intend to do much writing this week. I'll relax a little longer and start up fresh next week. Once all this is done, I'll take an extended break, I think.I'm not staying away from writing

The Anger Stage of Grief

Some of you may have noticed that, over the past week, I have been pretty down.There was some personal rubbish that had really upset me. I am happy to say that as the anger stage of the grieving process begins to settle in, I'm doing much better. Back to my old self, in fact. Not that I'm perpetually angry, or anything.This mood was in no way related to my writing... well, no more than usual.

Book Review: The Princess and the Captain

The Princess and the Captain by Anne-Laure BondouxMy rating: 2 of 5 starsThis is one of those books that I know I would have loved if I had read it when I was about seven.The story is imaginative. However, I don't feel that its full potential had been reached.I had great difficulty sympathising/empathising with the characters. They were much more characters than they were people. Events that

In Which I Received an Award

I have, apparently, won this award. The deal is, in accepting this award, I have to award this to 15 other blogs. I don't follow 15 other blogs, so I'm stuck. This is kind of like a chain letter, I guess, and yes, I am breaking the chain. It's a nice thought though!Thanks to Anna Walls for the award. You can check out her blog right here: http://annalwalls.blogspot.comAnna is a fellow

The Rough Cut

I watched the rough cut of the book trailer for The Dying God last night. It was good! I can't wait to see the finished thing. Which reminds me, I need to send images to the director/editor/awesome flatmate.In more personal news, I haven't been attending my writing for the past two days. I fell into a very bad mood. I wasn't angry, just depressed. I actually haven't been that down since

Taking a Personal Day

I reserve the right to be as withdrawn as I want.I reserve the right to demand space.I reserve the right to require silence.I'm having a personal day.That is all.Oh, and I'm still editing The Osprey and the Crow.Now that is all. Have a great Wednesday everyone!