Viveka

Viveka

38 years old
Female
Location
Giessen
Germany
Current Status
has been gone a long time but is always on the Cloud in thought
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  • If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
    Poetry
    Are your reading habits ...?
    Omnivorous
    And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
    Speak You Also (Paul Steinberg) Winnie-the-Pooh (A.A. Milne) David Copperfield (Charles Dickens) Mrs Craddock (W. Somerset Maugham) The Dream of Scipio (Iain Pears) The Jewel in the Crown (Paul Scott) The Good Listener (Neil Belton)
    What are your working habits when you write?
    Disciplined
    Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
    Prefer to let rip and edit afterwards
    Your ultimate writing ambition?
    To make a difference for the reader.
    Your worst habit?
    Thinking that I'm disciplined.
    Your opinion on the books industry?
    It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
    Where do you write?
    In my small den.
    What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
    Been published a bit in my other life (Linguistics). Swedish-Sri Lankan who's lived in various parts of the world and who generally prefers company of quadrupeds, especially dogs.

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I consider mangoes the essence of life. Refusing to join the rat race of academia, I pretend to be very busy practising my pan flute. While I do teach once in a while, and I do potter about in Linguistics a bit, I prefer to think of myself as an undiscovered writer.

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  • Tony
    by Tony 1 year ago
    Core! Luvelly-crumbely.
  • Tony
    by Tony 1 year ago
    "what would Minah say to an apple crumble?" Erm.. whatever anybody els would say, I guess: she mimics. But I wouldn't say, No. I suppose I'm far too late now.
  • Tony
    by Tony 1 year ago
    Oh just one of my 'minah' characters.
  • Tony
    by Tony 1 year ago
    Nice to see your stripy nose and two lovely black eyes on the Cloud again.
  • MarkR
    by MarkR 1 year ago
    Nice stripes!
  • Tony
    by Tony 1 year ago
    Hey Viveka,
    Nice to see you again.
  • Tony
    by Tony 2 years ago
    Doing (or supposed to be doing) some serious editing of my novel and writing a few short stories. I've actually got an article coming out in a mag next April. So that will be a first. Are you writing at the mo?
  • Tony
    by Tony 2 years ago
    Nice to see you're still alive and kicking, V. Are you thinking of coming over next April for the Festival of Writing in York?
  • Chanty
    by Chanty 2 years ago
    Thanks for all the kind words and messages hun. :0)
  • Jacquie
    by Jacquie 3 years ago
    Hi V - Sounds serious the water problem . This is in Europe , right ? Stay safe ! Thanks for your message by the way - I did try to reply by email but not sure it sent . I have trouble with it sometimes. Hope you have a really great day. J
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