From The Living Room
Blog URL http://jadamthwaite.blogspot.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags writing, microfiction, poetry, procrastination, London, school, dreaming, art, introspection
London writer blogging about living, working and writing.
Latest Blog Posts
- Vaka on Nov 17, 2009 in music writing
Something I underestimate often is the power of music to make me feel things. I’m not talking lyrically, which is perhaps why I underestimate it: I’m used to being moved by words, but somehow the impact of a crescendo of violins or the sudden thu...
- Green Eye on Nov 17, 2009 in micro fiction writing
There are shadows in the biscuit tin. I look up into one eye – staring hard – you are trying not to blink. You rattle the tin. I like your green eye best. It is softer, kinder than the blue one with its icicle flecks and strong dark rim. If I loo...
- Seagulls on Nov 10, 2009 in dreaming writing
I know: I’ve become obsessed with dreaming and now all I write about is dreaming and writing… don’t worry: it won’t last forever! Just bear with me a while longer.The other day I was writing a dream sequence for my current project. I’d been...
- The Buzz on Nov 4, 2009 in writing
There is nothing like the thrill of writing something at the point that the patterns begin to unravel, nothing like uncurling your fingers and watching your idea reflect the world around it like a shiny, wet stone. I never remember that buzz exactly...
- Sluggish Negotiations on Oct 31, 2009 in moan
Dear Slugs,Clearly we cannot co-exist peacefully unless we set some ground rules. I am therefore willing to meet you half way to come to a compromise that will be acceptable to both parties. I hereby promise not to turn my nose up when I meet you on...
- Poppies on Oct 26, 2009 in dreaming writing dream
Part of my recent research has involved a lot of reading about dreaming and playing with my own dreams. I’d like to get to a point, eventually, where I can have a go at lucid dreaming, but that’s a long-term goal as much for my own interest as it...
- Manmade Allergy on Oct 18, 2009 in food
Over the last few years I have, it would seem, developed a fruit allergy. I haven’t had an allergy test (although it is on my list of Things I Don’t Want to do but Probably Should), but my own theory is that it is not, strictly speaking, a fruit...
