Carokokos
43 years old
Female
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Huddersfield
United Kingdom
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Are you a ...?Unpublished writer (so far)What genre do you primarily write in?Fiction for childrenAre your reading habits ...?OmnivorousWho is your favourite author(s)?Jeffery Deaver (for sheer readability), Penny Vincenzi (for keeping my interest over 800 pages), Enid Blyton (magic for a 5 year old) Patricia Cornwell (gone off the boil last few) Dean KoontzAnd your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)The Magic Faraway Tree (Enid Blyton) Eagle in the Sky (Wilbur Smith) Beach Music (Pat Conroy) Black Order (James Rollins) The Wizard of Oz - and the rest of the series (L. Frank Baum) Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson)What are your working habits when you write?ProcastinatoryAre you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?Some self-editingYour ultimate writing ambition?To write the children's novel I would have loved to read as a child. To be able to create a world and story and characters that will enchant and entertain young readers.Your worst habit?Putting things off.Your opinion on the books industry?It is a tough game, but everyone does their bestWhere do you write?Mostly in my messy home officeWhat 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?Have two Westies who are one of my bright spots - work in HR - would love to take 6 months out to work as a surrogate mother to orphaned orangutans in Borneo - enjoy life in the UK, including the weather!
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South African living in Yorkshire - it's home now. Been here 15 years and the only thing I've ever had published was a short story in a SA mag before I left! Never short on ideas, just on discipline to get them on paper whilst having to earn a crust elsewhere.
Very glad to have found this community - amazing how many of us aspiring writers are actually out there!
Very glad to have found this community - amazing how many of us aspiring writers are actually out there!
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by Carokokos 1 year agoJohn, I thought it best to wear my human disguise for the weekend :-) It's not as pretty, but it makes people less nervous. -
by John Taylor 1 year agoThank you, CKK. I'm puzzled – the only anthropoids I saw at York were of the Human variety! -
by Tan Hadron 1 year agoBoo! I wonder who this could be? ;) Remember, no spice-making while you're here! :D -
by Weens 1 year agoHi, I'm a bit late with this, so a belated welcome to the cloud. As I am sure you will have found out, we are a friendly bunch. Welcome and enjoy. -
by Carokokos 1 year agoI've been to Zim too, but the only creature I got up close to on that trip was a baby goat - and a scorpion at Kariba Dam! Lions would be a much more exciting option. There is just something about orangs that resonates with me and I would love to help ensure their wellbeing. If I ever had a series of runaway bestsellers, some of the proceeds would definitely go to Borneo.
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by catfin 1 year agoHi, I love your profile picture. Orangutans are such gorgeous animals aren't they? I did a 2 week volunteering holiday last year and it was one of the best experiences of my life so far. I went to Zimabwe and worked with lions and it was so amazing (not to mention scary at first) to be able to get so close to them.
One of the volunteers I met out there is going to Borneo this year.....grrrrr, i'm so jealous. -
by Carokokos 1 year agoI am perfectly able to manage my own nits thanks, Anthony! (Now there's a sentence I didn't anticipate writing today) If you could just wander round the festival with your mid thought expression firmly in place then, I'll be able to keep my eye out for my lookalike. I'm not much of a hooligan, but I can shout encouragement from the sidelines. Looking forward to it.
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by Rugby Anthony 1 year agoHi there cheeky monkey (not strictly correct I know but Oi! ape just seems impolite).
For a moment I thought you'd managed to put a mirror up as your pic. If I was to catch myself mid-thought, the resemblance would be striking.
It sounds like there's a bit of a hoolie brewing for festival weekend. Hope to see you there, but will draw the line at picking out nits. -
by Carokokos 1 year agoThank you to CeJA, Polly and Chanty for taking pity on a newbie and making friends so quickly!
Chanty, I'm also from Durban. Grew up on the Bluff and went to Girls' High on the Berea. Came over on a holiday working visa with the intention of staying a year tops! I still go back every so often (last December was the latest trip) cause my Dad still lives in Pinetown, but the UK is definitely home now and I feel a little like a stranger in Durban now cause so much has changed. You here for good you think? -
by Chanty 1 year agoHello and welcome to the cloud. As you are aware I'm also born and breed in SA - Durbanite, but truly enjoying every minute of my time in the UK and meeting tons of people. I arrived last year 1st August, so only been here a couple of months... but what a blast. See you at the festival.
