Be careful what you dream about
Have I told you that I finished the editing of my book last week? To be honest, I was completely at a loose end. Someone once said that writers hate to write, but love to have written… I could not …
Author: Lara Russell
Language
Have you ever wondered what it was like before language (as we know it today) existed? Did male Neanderthals grunt noisily at their female counterparts as these early accounts of the fairer sex pointed and wagged an index finger, while …
Perfection (Ha!)
Perfection, what is it good for? I ask myself this question often, but not as often as I should as I find myself striving for just that. And it’s not sustainable, it’s exhausting. What writing is concerned, especially editing, it …
Antisocial networking
I have talked about technology before and the mention of it in my writing. What social media is concerned, I am extremely lucky. I can’t actually mention these sites at all, as my current novel takes place in a time …
Hello, again
I’m back. I confess that none of my new blog posts got lost in the world wide bandwidth fest that is the web and no one deleted them by accident. Truth is, none of the words I had earmarked to …
Let it be
Recently I read through my novel again. This time, I didn’t make any changes and instead, made some notes of what required changing. You see, up until this point I have either been editing my novel in a sequential manner …
Can you play me a memory?
Last night I was running through airports to catch a flight, all night, or so it felt. At 5:30 am, I had had enough of the dream that seemed to repeat over and over and got up to write this …
Turn that racket down
Imagine Glen Miller’s “In the mood” with its full complement of saxophone, trumpets, drums, trombones and reeds. Imagine a lit-up ballroom full of senior citizens, dressed in hats and suits, dresses and gloves, moving around the dance floor to the …
Surprise
I recently watched another film based on an unusually popular book and unlike many others, the ending completely surprised me. In fact, it surprised me so much, that I forgave the rapid flow of events at the start and the …
The disappearing dimension
Have you ever heard the expression “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”? I can tell you that I’m that person at the moment and if you hand me something to do outside of a work …