| pyramids
29 December 07
Back in June I was asked if I could write a short story about life in Ancient Egypt, along the theme of Bits to Cubits. 'Sure,' I said, seeing in my mind's eye a boy operating a shaduf and pulling a severed head out of the Nile in the bucket.... |
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| New Family
24 December 07
Yesterday I received an email: Happy Christmas from your cousin, Peter.
I have no cousin Peter, so I emailed him. Then I googled him. Peter Crozet was looking for information about his birth mother, a Miss Brown. I couldn't believe I'd never heard about him. And which of my mother's two... |
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| Calvin
23 December 07
I love Calvin and Hobbes. And Calvin is just the sort of child I like to write books for. There are thousands of wonderful books for kids who love reading. But I want to hook in kids like Calvin when I write, and turn them into lifelong readers. So you... |
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| Emptiness
19 December 07
I can deal with disorder, even with chaos to a certain extent. I am brave enough to beard the lion in its den (usually) but there is one thing that scares me shitless.
It's emptiness.
I am deadly afraid of letting everything go, all my defenses, the clutter, the extra... |
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| Yippee Yay
15 December 07
So this week I went to see my publisher and hear the verdict on the story of the Pirate Lads, Will and Joe, which I wrote for the Clacey family in Pietermaritzburg.
I was very apprehensive as the only other fantasy story I've written was Perpie, which became part of... |
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| saintly or non assertive
12 December 07
When I was a little girl, being trained by the Hitler Jugend to be holy and submissive, I learned that 'nice' girls never complain. They offer their suffering up for the souls in purgatory.
Well I don't believe in Purgatory anymore.
And I don't like the feeling of having people walk... |
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| I know I shouldn't laugh...
09 December 07
I know it was bad to laugh, but we did. Uproariously. It was so unexpected, her moment of triumph descending into bathos like that.
Sartorial disaster of the worst kind. Janet Jackson did it sluttily, but Jody did it like a shy little girl wearing her mom's dress and her... |
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| Glenda
03 December 07
So who remembers Glenda Kemp?
Anyone apart from my husband?
He has fond teenage memories of Scope magazine, which his father bought regularly.
And today, my dear husband, the Reverend, nominates Glenda Kemp as a National Treasure.
I think I shall have to speak to his spiritual director. |
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| Mrs Balls
02 December 07
So why aren't there more female National Treasures?
Some people (with a lamentable urge towards sop and cheese) might say that every Mom is an unsung treasure.
Excuse me while I puke.
My husband suggests Nadine Gordimer. Now there's someone who doesn't do soppy or cheesy.
My friend Fiona suggests Mrs Ball. Now... |
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