Do You Spurn Those Who Say Humanities and Sciences Conflict? I Need You!

As you may know, I'm restless to the point of not even being able to settle on one subject to study at university. On the other hand, I am a proud joint honours student. As such, I believe that my interests in each of my disciplines - from my three A Levels: Philosophy and Ethics, …

Steampunky Love

It seems that I will have one of those months where I write consecutive posts one week, but fail to get anything in the next. I'm very sporadic and crazy at the moment. As I did say, I am trying to revise for my exams, so I have been putting my entire collection of ideas …

Picture Post: The Path to the Storytellers

As promised, some photos from a walk I took this week, inspecting the Equinox's wildlife. It's a shame I didn't get any clear photos of squirrels, but there were a good number springing about, too. As usual, I've been thinking about writing and planning writing, and this walk gave me the perfect inspiration for a …

WTCB September: An Interview with Aidelle Masters

Aidelle places herself delicately on the edge of the seat. Her dark brown eyes rattle around the room, from the off-white walls to the floor as blue as the cushion under her derriere. She folds her hands into her lap, trying to press away their tremors, and smooths down the ripples in her skirts. Otherwise, …

May I…?

Hello, awesome blog readers! I feel like I ought to have some stream of a theme for May…at least, the first couple of weeks. May has always been a special month for me, especially since I recently found out it is the month of Mary, Mother of Jesus, too! As part of that and the …

People Like My Premise!

When I started When The Clock Broke… I didn't expect to do much with it – I didn't expect that it would even reach the 50,000 barrier of NaNoWriMo, since my previous two novella hadn't. Yet, it got to a point where the story was writing itself. It suddenly took off, words coming to me when …

Circumstance: It’s All About Floating Brains

Is it better to live in false hope or in agony of truth? This question reminds me back to an essay I wrote last year, discussing the statement ‘silence is bliss’ with direction towards Plato and his Forms and opinion on reality. The first and foremost idea is that everything we see around us is …

Subtexts and Themes

I don’t know if it’s done much in modern novels or whether my absence of noticing the existence is due to the fact I read more modern YA than modern adult books, but I’ve always loved the idea of symbolism in novels. Ever since we were forced (I’d like to say at gunpoint, just to …

Extract: Costellos At War

Jae suggested I write a scene from the POV of the antagonist of my novel. I’m still working on something relative to the story. For now, though, here’s a scene from when they were younger. Dr. and Mrs. Costello have forenames! I’m doing crazy things for my novel *grin*! And Dr. C has a brother? …

Changing The Tone (Part Two)

Five tips for changing the tone of a piece of writing. I myself might not have used all of them recently, but I will certainly take a lot into account the next time I rewrite the tone of one of my pieces. 1. Keep it lively. Even if the piece is a really serious drama …