Much to my surprise, I actually managed to finish my story in time and enter the writing competition. I won't win (unless I get a huge stroke of luck or all the other entries are terrible) but I'm happy I entered and I like the story I wrote.

I'm in love with The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler. Set around the time of the Nazi rise to power and ( Read more... )

I'm going to the zoo tomorrow =D Laura's taking me as a birthday present. Dad hinted that I might get a spending spree in Borders/Waterstones when I go down to Coventry, so yay!

Emma's Adventures at the Dentist's Surgery Part III

The anaesthetic actually worked this time, which is good because this happened:

Dentist: Ooops.
Me: *panic* 
*Clean ( Read more... )

I'm bored and nothing interesting has happened to me, so this entry consists largely of something I stole from singingrain5


( Film quotes... )

There was no sign, as I entered the parlour, that my grandfather had ever lived there. The once dark walls, plain but somehow cheerful in the firelight, had been covered in expensive silk wallpaper of a pale blue. In fact, almost everything in the room, from stiff backed chairs to the rugs, was blue. The only other splashes of colour came from ( Read more... )

I spent some of the day at Warwick Castle (see photos below), which I enjoyed because I haven't been there in years. Spent the rest of the day gardening and making a roast dinner, so now I'm a bit sleepy.

On a completely separate topic, I've had an idea for a story knocking around in my head since November. Now I'm finished with uni until September ( Read more... )