Okay so the tardiness of these is getting ridiculous but I’m totally immersed in my writing atm so I promise that things more important than my blog are also being left by the wayside. Apologies. This weeks’ TED talk comes from Amy Tan, author of “The Kitchen God’s Wife” among others. A warning for those…
For those of you in the midst of NaNoWriMo and for the rest of us in the midst of writing anything, here is J.J. Abrams talking about the blank page as the ultimate “mystery box” and how technology inspires him. What mystery boxes are you creating for your audience? Enjoy! And, yes, I’m aware that…
This week’s talk is from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat,Pray, Love” and many others and is a must watch for all writers or anyone who loves a writer (or artist for that matter) and would like to understand them a little better. Let me explain. Each week from 7-10pm Sunday GMT (5am Monday, Japan time)…
Wow! With the writing jag induced by Superman’s business trip to Oz (and thus no need for me to have normal sleep patterns) followed a day later by the arrival of his parents, the week has flown! These weren’t meant to be back to back posts but… there you go! This talk is one of…
In my RSS travels, I recently discovered a source of inspiration about which I am no doubt very, very late on the uptake. It wasn’t that I hadn’t heard of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) I just didn’t know there was a place we could go to hear the speakers (rather than hoping the ABC would…
SHELDON It must be an emergency; everyone at the university knows that I eat my breakfast at 8 and move my bowels at 8:20 LEONARD Yes, how did we live before Twitter? – from The Big Bang Theory, S.2, Ep.23,The Monopolar Expedition. When even the boys of The Big Bang Theory, champions of all things…
The sound and fury regarding the future of newspapers in the last couple of months has been getting ridiculous. In a speech recently, James Murdoch blamed the BBC’s “free” online news service (the BBC is funded by a license fee paid by any Brit with a TV or radio, for which I say “Thank you…
I don’t often make sweeping statements about “how things should be” on this blog because: a) who the hell cares what I think? ; b) it’s much more fun to do that in conversation so you have the benefit of more than one brain on the issue and; c) this blog, despite the narrative disorder,…
Summer has well and truly struck the fair city of Nagoya so it Is time for the seasonal site makeover and time for me to flee! To say I’ve never been a Summer person is an extreme understatement and I find the humidity and heat oppressive beyond description. Several months ago, my dear, dear Superman…
This post has been milling about my mind for a while but particularly this month as today approached. I am sure it will not be worded as well as it could be but you will have to forgive me, you will see why below. There are many wonderful things about being an ex-pat, though perhaps…
