I've decided to take a break from blogging...
Over the last year blogging has become more of a chore to me. I tried to change this by condensing my two blogs in to one but I still don't feel as excited about blogging as I used to.
So I decided to start 2017 by having a break.
I don't know if or when I'll be back but hopefully a break will inspire me and help me return with enthusiasm.
So til then...
Happy New Year!
Sunday, 1 January 2017
Monday, 26 December 2016
Sunday, 25 December 2016
Monday, 19 December 2016
Random Quote #314
Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Monday, 12 December 2016
Monday, 5 December 2016
Random Quote #312
Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Til Next Year!
Monday, 28 November 2016
Monday, 21 November 2016
Random Quote #310
Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.
Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini
Monday, 14 November 2016
Random Quote #309
When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter in 5 years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go.
Catherine Pulsifer
Catherine Pulsifer
Monday, 7 November 2016
Random Quote #308
There are no original ideas. There are only original people.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
NaNoWriMo 2016 Has Begun!
Please turn over your papers, pick up your pens (or fire up your computers) and begin!
NaNoWriMo 2016 has officially begun... in Australia it began a few hours ago... and in the USA it starts in a few hours.
But here in the UK it starts NOW! (Of course if you are reading this in a couple of months time, well it's all over and done with - 1st drafts are sat fermenting all over the world!)
I am not taking part this year as I'm still working on ideas and outlines at the moment - I'm not quite sure where the end of the story is going to be. And I've learnt from past experience that if I don't know where I'm heading with a story, I easily get lost or bogged down.
But good luck to all of you NaNoWriMoers out there who are taking part.
May the muses and the plot bunnies be with you. And may your pen never run out of ink or your computer out of power! :)
NaNoWriMo 2016 has officially begun... in Australia it began a few hours ago... and in the USA it starts in a few hours.
But here in the UK it starts NOW! (Of course if you are reading this in a couple of months time, well it's all over and done with - 1st drafts are sat fermenting all over the world!)
I am not taking part this year as I'm still working on ideas and outlines at the moment - I'm not quite sure where the end of the story is going to be. And I've learnt from past experience that if I don't know where I'm heading with a story, I easily get lost or bogged down.
But good luck to all of you NaNoWriMoers out there who are taking part.
May the muses and the plot bunnies be with you. And may your pen never run out of ink or your computer out of power! :)
Monday, 31 October 2016
Random Quote #307
So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible.
Mildred D. Taylor
Mildred D. Taylor
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Creatively Speaking: Secret Projects
So Creatively Speaking has been absent for a few weeks now. And that is because I was making my sister's birthday present and I didn't want her to discover what it was.
But now I have given her the present I can now tell you what it is.
I made her two tealight things (I can't really call them holders as they sit over the tealight rather than the tealight sits in it).
This is one of them - as I said I made two, the other one is a lot creepier and darker looking. And when I say tealights, they are battery operated tealights as it is likely you would set this one fire if you used real tealights.
Anyway the point of this post is to direct you to my inspiration for this project.
I got this idea from a YouTuber called Drachenfang. The pumpkins he makes are a lot bigger and more waterproof as they are designed to go outside. The ones I have made are about the size of a large grapefruit, whereas the form Drachenfang made for his was about the size of a beach ball.
The videos take you all the way through the project from beginning to end - here is a link to the first one.
He goes in to a lot of detail, tells you exactly what you will need, gives a lot of advice and is entertaining too.
Due to the size difference I changed some of the materials slightly and tweaked some of the steps as my pumpkins didn't need to be quite so waterproof.
It's kind of late to make any for this Halloween, but you can always make preparations and start getting organised for Halloween 2017!
But now I have given her the present I can now tell you what it is.
I made her two tealight things (I can't really call them holders as they sit over the tealight rather than the tealight sits in it).
Anyway the point of this post is to direct you to my inspiration for this project.
I got this idea from a YouTuber called Drachenfang. The pumpkins he makes are a lot bigger and more waterproof as they are designed to go outside. The ones I have made are about the size of a large grapefruit, whereas the form Drachenfang made for his was about the size of a beach ball.
The videos take you all the way through the project from beginning to end - here is a link to the first one.
He goes in to a lot of detail, tells you exactly what you will need, gives a lot of advice and is entertaining too.
Due to the size difference I changed some of the materials slightly and tweaked some of the steps as my pumpkins didn't need to be quite so waterproof.
It's kind of late to make any for this Halloween, but you can always make preparations and start getting organised for Halloween 2017!
Monday, 24 October 2016
Monday, 17 October 2016
Random Quote #305
Unlike baked beans, loaves of breads or Fuji apples, books once consumed, do not disappear.
John Sutherland
John Sutherland
Monday, 10 October 2016
Random Quote #304
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
Lynn Abbey
Lynn Abbey
Monday, 3 October 2016
Random Quote #303
Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.
Ma Jian
Ma Jian
Saturday, 1 October 2016
NaNoWriMo Countdown
The clock is ticking... there are now only
to go until the start of NaNoWriMo 2016 - are you going to take part?
31 Days
to go until the start of NaNoWriMo 2016 - are you going to take part?
Monday, 26 September 2016
Random Quote #302
If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up eithe.
James M. Cain
James M. Cain
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