If you haven’t heard of the Darwin Awards they are named in the “spirit of Charles Darwin, [and] commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species’ chances of long-term survival”. The stories listed…
Life
Balancing the five balls of life…
Life has been getting unbalanced of late. I feel like I’m being tugged in many directions, none of which being the direction I want to go. I need to lessen my load. It can be hard to let things go – for me I feel guilt I am letting people down. But I have to…
Is publication a goal?
I remember reading an article a number of years ago by Jenny Crusie. She advocated for writers to give up their goal to be published, and compared it to the pre-feminism era when a woman’s goal was to be married. Both are totally out of your hands. You’ve no control over whether you succeed or…
TXTSPK isn’t English
Technology has changed English. I have to confess, the onslaught of technology and the intrusion it has made into our language irks me. I have no problem with technology per se (I use it myself) but the abbreviations that go with it bug me. B4 U ST8 UR CASE 4 TXTSPK, IMHO IT RLY MAKES…
Always look on the bright side of life…
Monty Python summed it up beautifully. It seems that just when I think I have my life as organised as it possibly can be with work and a family, that curve ball comes rocketing through and everything goes out the window. My writing has slowed (okay, if I’m going to be honest it is more…