Category: Blog Writing
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Brat Summer
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in Blog WritingIt’s brat summer and for me this meant rediscovering Bratwurst. I’ve had it a couple of times, usually the white version on a bun, like a hot dog. These were mainly bought from UK or US grocery stores and they were…okay. Nothing great, a little too much meat. I would eat one every couple of…
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Transmedia Influences
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in Blog WritingAs my interest in understanding how people are creating transmedia bodies of work, I stumbled on Kris Straub‘s Local58 series of ‘nostalgia horror’. I’ve watched a few others in the nostalgia horror genre but Local58 has stuck with me. There is a sense of dread and fear from elements in the grainy ‘found footage’ videos.…
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Transmedia World-building
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in Blog WritingThe idea of a book, TV show, or movie having deeper world-building experiences such as extending the story or universe across different mediums has interested me for a few years now. As part of my MFA, I created a website based on the world of my manuscript. The site (haptai.com) is for the services offered…
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1000 Pages and Counting
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in Blog WritingI guess when I was told a javascript script wasn’t working I should have listened. Instead I ignored the printer error for awhile. But no, I had to find out for myself. I tested the script by printing a test page. The script ran and moved the document from one queue to another. An error…
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Horse Riding
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in Blog WritingSo, I was on my usual horse today. I wasn’t dreading and the lesson went okay after a shaky start. It was 9am. First lesson of the day. First lesson for the horse as well; and she takes a bit to get going. I felt better cantering today on her than I have over the…
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Work
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in Blog WritingWent back to work today after a week off. I love days when a lot of bulk gets done. We sorted out the music PCs after 3 long weeks of rebuilding, testing software, failing, trying again. Then, finally, success! They are all hooked up to the Yamaha midi keyboards and they all work. Trial wifi…
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Lights!
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in Blog WritingIn my first essay on the Duchess of Malfi, we have to consider how we would stage one of the scenes. In researching this it has turned my mind to lighting in tv, film and plays. Drive was the first movie I watched where the lighting really struck me. I found it fascinating to learn…
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Rodeo Research
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in Blog WritingFor my final piece on the OU A215 course a story about a cowboy came into my head one day in March/April. I’d never been into western riding or cowboys, ever, but there the idea was so I went with it. As I go back to the US every summer, I Googled rodeos in the…
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – Goodreads Review
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in Blog WritingGone Girl by Gillian Flynn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wow, what a read! What totally insane characters. I loved how my allegiance to the two main protagonists/antagonists shifted, I loved how the story kept me guessing, I loved how the entire train wreck of these 2 characters’ lives unfolded across this story with…
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Inspiration
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in Blog WritingGenerally my story ideas come from all the traditional places: what I’ve read, TV, movies, newspaper/magazine articles, a face or action from someone that I’ve glimpsed. Recently I’ve been trying to organize my brain into how I’m going to prepare for what I’m writing. I’m generally a pantser but I know from doing NaNoWriMo that…
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Heritage
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This is a poem written by my grandmother, Brigid Valerie Rever (nee Hanley) – or just plain, Val. She was from Ireland and met my grandfather, an American, during WWII when she was a nurse in England. She moved to America after she had my father (born in England). I never really knew my paternal…