The Word Cloud

No, not the hedgehogs!!

I'm not sure if it even matters who we are. If we found out tomorrow - for certain - that there is no God/Creator/Superbeingthing, then I've still got to go out next day, put one foot in front of the other, pay my taxes, do stuff, go home, watch tv, ...

Perhaps you don't know how you feel and that's why you have writer's block?

Good entry. Poor little Hedgehogs. :'(

David Brent (Ricky Gervais) in The Office on calling a team meeting to discuss potential redundancies "There is good news and bad news regarding the redundancy situation. The bad news is that unfortunately there are going to be redundancies.... but ...

An intriguing if scary comp entry, Yo. Stunning description of the cheating wife and her howls...chilling.

Nobody said you said 'give up' Richard. It's a generic statement to say 'keep going' even if you think all the time and effort is going to waste. Your blog is very useful for any aspiring writer to get a sense of reality because having that will ...

"You'll never be a Prem footballer, son." But some do become Prem footballers. "You'll never win the lottery." But people do win the lottery. "You'll never invent anything that makes money." But people do invent things that make money. Anyway, ...

Hint at it? 'Judy, could feel her embarrassment turning to anger. Just like that day as a 12-year-old when her mother flashed her tits to the milkman.'

What does she get motivated by? What does she get de-motivated by? Do more of the one and less of the other and hey presto you have a motivated MC.

I think you have to be careful with things like esp as you will be in danger of making them 'godlike' and therefore dominant, perhaps even invincible. It's a tricky concept because the human race hasn't had to battle another species for dominance ...

The lions would have no defence. They would be picked off easily by the archers and only have a chance if they get in close enough with sufficient numbers. But that's the biggest test for them. The biggest advantage the Romans have is they have ...

I also owned LOTR in one volume, though now I have it in 3. It was very flimsy as I recall

Not quite, Emma. The original paperback edition of LOTR (which I used to own until it fell apart) was in one volume. Though it didn't include the appendices, and was printed on thinner paper than is usual in paperbacks, to keep the bulk ...

LOTR is, I believe, sometimes sold as seven books - although this may only be in a boxed collection sold together. Given that each of the books are split into two fairly discrete sections plus the appendices at the end, it's a fairly logical split ...