“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
…Did it EVER cross my tiny mind. That one day, I’d be given the chance to link the above image with the below video. P.S. Robbie (Lamont) is a Scots Guard in the employ of George Villiers and Louis XIII of France. Feeling Fizzy :o)
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Crafting likable, interesting characters is a balancing act, and finding that perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses can be difficult. But the task has become easier thanks to The Negative Trait Thesaurus. Through its flaw-centric exploration of character arc, motivation, emotional wounds, and basic needs, writers will learn which flaws make the most sense for their […]
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So there I was – cleaning out all the dross in my computer files – and the file with the “around 400 page” thesis on Silence had this (image above) next to it. Wow! Sometimes I can be quite clever (?) I obviously filed them both together to remind me to read/cross-ref both at the […]
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One of the characters in Ravens of Dinefwr has been constructed around THIS disgusting energy. The Narc Mother. I have done MY research. Via books. Videos. Comedy. And in Real Life :o(
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I’ve never claimed to be perfect. GB : 2nd June 2020 I have FINALLY got all my Kindle books back. Gritted teeth vibe. Only to find out that I’d made a mistake in the post linked above. It wasn’t a single tulip. It was a bunch of tulips. SMH. But I did write that scene […]
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GB : A Personal Message from ME to AB Read the above and you MIGHT guess why MY hours and hours and hours of research into Part Two of this : GB. 18th March 2019 : Hidden History of the Cathars – Part One Never came to be posted. Something STOLE MY WORK (and the […]
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Contributed to ONE of my fave comedy duos EVER. Ronnie Barker/RonnieCorbett aka The Two Ronnies And went on to write two programmes with another two comedy duos. As in : Victor and Margaret/One Foot in the Grave Jonathan and Maddie/Jonathan Creek
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Despite the current BS surrounding me (m’eh) I’m feeling rather proud and pleased with myself. #SmugSmile I’ve just finished a long article that I’ve been commissioned to write about Deviant Burials, Upside Down Hanging, Vampires and ……..! Sigh. Happy as. Or am I? Is all the above a Big Fat Lie? Mine to know. Yours […]
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OMG. I crack myself up sometimes :o) NO WORD OF A LIE… …I was listening to this audio book last night. For about the 20th time! Not bored to death but murder most foul . . . Celebrated author John Heppel is known in Lochdubh as a self-important bore, prone to belittling the scribblings of […]
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Yep. Back with the Orange! Way back when I was on FB, I used to communicate with the author above. I’d just read this book of his… ** Mary Magdalene in Provence, France ** Ralph Ellis follows the trail of mythology and reveals compelling circumstantial evidence that Mary Magdalene did travel to France, and that […]
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Oh. I made myself LOL there :o( Whomever wrote the Lewis series (and Stephen Churchett was one of the best) knew a thing or LOTS about Life & Literature!?! The Allegory of Love – Murder Mystery Styleeeeeeeeee. P.S. Go away. I have 40 minutes free to ogle at D.S. James Hathaway. Schwoon!
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OK. SO. All I wanted to do was go to my Kindle books and take a screenshot of the page where I wrote about Buckingham laying a single tulip at Anne’s feet. Guess What I find ? The book that took me many years to write (the F1RST Draft was over a million words, so […]
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Hidden History Research 