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Since when was The Sound of Music about Nazis?
Isn’t it strange that we watch films as children then believe that we understood them completely when we think about them again as adults. But did we?
I’m not so sure.
A few years ago I watched The Sound of Music properly, instead of as a background film whilst I did something else. I was shocked to realise that it was actually about the Nazis. I ( Read more... ) -
Books of 2014
Another year has gone by and another pile of books have been consumed and tossed aside (well, placed haphazardly on the bookshelf). Most years I begin with just a couple of books that I desire to pick up. This year I'm doing things a little differently, I have the majority of the books I want to read already picked out. I'm not sure whether it's a ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year! / Book Meme
Happy New Year to you all! I know that I've been pretty much non-existent on LJ over the last few months. I suppose it's been a bit of a crazy time. I took part in NaNoWriMo in November, which filled up a lot of my time (and I completed my 50,000 words successfully) and then there's been Christmas and New Year, which I've enjoyed for the most part ( Read more... ) -
Art Meme
Leave a comment, and I will give you an artist. It doesn't matter whether you know their works or not - just google them and post your favorite on your LJ.
Franz Marc
I was given the articts Franz Marc by little_firestar, an artist I've never actually heard about before. I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of most of his works, but he does some amazing things with ( Read more... ) -
NaNoWriMo
This year I’m taking part in NaNoWriMo, so if you’re interested in my progress you can follow it here (LJ), here (NaNo website), here (blog) and here (Twitter ( Read more... ) -
Red John Needs YOU!
redjohnlovesyou, he wants you and he needs you to help out!
The run up to a season is always an exciting time, even more so when there's fun things going on to celebrate the arrival of a new season.
So if you're awaiting seasons 6, like to create some form of creative output - fanfiction, fan art, fanvids, etc. then please join everyone over at redjohnlovesyou and sign up to ( Read more... ) -
What Writer's Block?
There are so many things in this world that make people happy, big things, small things and everything in between ( Read more... ) -
Reconnect!
Hello there ( Read more... ) -
I Forgot To Dream Today
I appear to have dropped off the face of the world a little when it comes to LJ, I can only apologise. Life has been pretty uneventful, boring if you will, and so there's not a lot to tell ( Read more... ) -
Kickstarter: Pete's Kingdom
I have a friend who is studying film at the moment and he's a great writer, he's written a short film called Pete's Kingdom which I've read one of the earlier scripts for and tomorrow I'm reading the up to date draft. But it's looking amazing, they've already got some great actors on board and are pretty much good to go. It's very exciting seeing ( Read more... )