GBOB watch out! My son’s coming!
November 13, 2009
My son Josef has always been a performer. So really it comes as no surprise that he and his band Umlala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OGrDQE2e4g have won the Israel national competition to compete in the international GBOB ( global battle of the bands) in London at the end of January at the Scala Club. http://music.walla.co.il/?w=/4516/1606370 Of course I’m going to see him singing in my home town. I just can’t get the smile off my face and i think that success of any kind is just a reminder that hard work pays off and the gates of heaven do open from time to time. So keep slogging away at your writing. Don’t give up.
Getting into character
August 22, 2009
Now I am reading ‘The Other Hand’ by Chris Cleave. Another masterpiece! How does a white man write as a Nigerian girl? Chris Cleave has helped me understand how to become my characters. I advise everyone to read if they want to write.
i can’t write without reading
August 15, 2009
In order to write, I need to read.
It’s been a long time since I was inspired by a book. But upon return from my hols after reading Geraldine Brooks’s ‘People of the Book’, I began typing furiously on a new word doc, trying to re capture all the thoughts I had had while lying on the beach in Mykonos. It seemed so easy then, I understood I needed a narrator and in my mind I had it all worked out. But slogging away trying to put thoughts to paper is never as easy. still, Geraldine gave me a burst of energy to keep going and try something new.
People of the Book is truly a masterpiece of historical fiction with masses of research woven into the story. I couldn’t put it down and have learnt so much from the author. Thanks Geraldine!
Welcome
June 4, 2009
Writing fiction after memoir is a challenge. Two years into a new project, the advice I received about keeping it simple and writing in the third person now seems so clever. But, I’ve always done things the complicated way around. My three characters who only express their thoughts in the present tense might work out, and on the other hand, might not. But what I’ve found is that whenever I rewrite my work and change tenses, I open it up to new possibilities. My tip for the day; don’t be afraid to experiment. Copy and pasting onto a new word doc gives us so much freedom. The previous draft will always be there anyway.
