Will Once's Blog, page 8

How do I do this writing thing?

Writing looks easy. We spend a large part of each day communicating with words. How hard can it be to put those words onto paper for someone else to read? A fellow writer asked for a critique of a piece of writing on Goodreads. I don’t have permission to reproduce it, so I will paraphrase:…

Angela

I’ve started a new writing course. The course sets you writing assignments, which are then marked by a tutor. The feedback helps you to improve your writing. That got me thinking. What should I do with the writing assignments once I had completed them? Some might be the right length and style to be sent…

Touch

A weird thing happened the other day. I bought a record player. I wandered into a hifi shop and had a ten minute conversation with a yoof who seemed younger than the rest of my hifi equipment. Then an exchange of credit cards and I walked out with £325 worth of 130 year-old technology. A…

Seagull Karma

Sometimes the universe has a wicked sense of humour. Or humor, if you want to insist – Star Trek style – that the universe is inherently American. It was last Friday and I found myself on business in the lovely city of Brighton. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and the sea was…

Splodge 2

Now, here’s an interesting point to debate. I had a reply to my last blog about splodges of emotion from brasscastlearts: One thing about Trump that appeals to a lot of people is his disdain for political correctness. The time to stamp that out is long overdue. It is a form of terrorism, more dangerous…

Splodges of emotion

I have been doing some thinking about life and politics and writing. Leicester City winning the premiership. Ken Livingstone’s mad utterances about Hitler being a Zionist. Donald Trump. You know, the normal Tuesday morning stuff. And I am coming to the conclusion that our lives are dominated by big splodges of emotions. Primeval gut feelings…

Enough, 2016, Enough

2016 may go down in history as the bonfire of the celebrities. We seem to have lost so many famous people. David Bowie, Ronnie Corbett, Guy Hamilton, Prince, Victoria Wood, Chyna. Chyna? Ah, yes, Chyna, the former wrestling diva and porn actress. She was the star of the magnificently titled “One night in Chyna”, which…

The Top Gear Da Vinci Code

  Did you know that there is a secret connection between the car show “Top Gear” and Leonardo Da Vinci, by way of the British media, the Nazis and Mussolini? You didn’t? Then listen close, my friend. This one may surprise you. Yesterday, readers of the British “newspaper” the Daily Mail spluttered into their morning…

Love, Death and Wyrds

  I’m trying something a little different. I’ve never done this before. This is the first chapter of my next book – Love, Death and Wyrds. It’s the sequel to Love, Death and Tea. That means that this is a much longer blog than normal. The chapter would normally run to around 17 pages. Chapter,…

Now why didn’t I spot that?

Have you ever had something pointed out that was so blindingly obvious, but you hadn’t spotted it before? That’s when you can’t help slapping yourself across the forehead. Homer Simpson said it best … d’oh! So here’s a trivia question for you. How many of the Beatles were/are left handed? I’ll get the tricky one…