Cut to the Chase – Scriptwriting course
To cut to the chase, this is all about a scriptwriting course with Janet van Eeden that I’ve been following since last November.
My Three Scents
These are my three scents – three smells that each conjure up vivid double memories of events widely separated in time and place.
Particular smells
Particular smells can be immensely evocative. Kate McLean has developed a method for colecting smells into smell maps and smellscapes.
Windmills in February
Mid-February and the windmills along the Brussels canal in Molenbeek are spinning in the wind. Time to update this blog.
Graffiti and frescoes in Florence
Florentine graffiti: some people like it, some hate it. Here are some examples that I liked and photographed during my visit at the beginning of November 2015.
Tala’s Story
I wrote this short story at the end of January 2016 as my submission to the first round of the NYCMidnight Short Story Challenge. The task was to write a fairy story involving a psychic and a birthmark.
Flying the Yellow Jack
I’m now flying the yellow jack! You may already know that the international vaccination card is yellow, but it was news to me when I was given mine.
NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge
In which I am taken up with the NYCMidnight short story challenge, a competition to write a sort story against the clock, within a genre and incorporating a specific character and an object.
Drawing the Bottom Line in Ghent
It’s very dull, misty, grey and monochrome in Belgium at present so we choose to visit the Bottom Line – an exhibition of drawing – in Ghent.
Stories from the sleeping place
A photo visit to the cemetery at Ixelles (aka Elsene), the sleeping place for many Belgian dead and the resting place of many stories.