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Sandra Davies's Blog – November 2011 Archive (6)
Pessimism and the art of patchwork novel writing
I began with lots of brand new, brightly patterned and totally separate oddments of characters, and gaily stitched them all together. Quite soon I found that they were mis-matched for size, while some paired into a nice tidy square and were complete, others needed a whole new piece or two before they were a section.
And then I found that although…
Added by Sandra Davies on November 25, 2011 at 5:00am — 14 Comments
Monopoly the Davies way (and thanks to Gita for the reminder)
That our Monopoly money was bloodstained should not be taken as an indication that we were an overly competitive family. While I disliked the game intensely I did realise that it was part of the Christmas tradition - as was the large tin of Cadbury's 'Roses' - so I generally started the game with only a token complaint, mostly, if you'll forgive the pun, at being forced to take the iron.…
Added by Sandra Davies on November 19, 2011 at 3:00pm — 9 Comments
Two different trips.
August 1960. Early closing day and Muriel suggests a ferry trip to Felixstowe. We go for a ride on the big wheel. The man who takes the money goes for his tea, leaving us going round and round, and watching the ferry return to Harwich, us not on it.
November 1930. My great-grandfather takes a ferry trip to Felixstowe and on the return…
ContinueAdded by Sandra Davies on November 12, 2011 at 4:00pm — 10 Comments
Compromises
Like biorhythms. They circle, coincide and on occasion all become one. Synchronise.
A mass intolerable, unworkable.
Signify ‘The end is nigh’.
Until they shift again, and I once more can see the light.
Added by Sandra Davies on November 10, 2011 at 10:44am — 11 Comments
Sad to say, a little goes a long way
Small and ferrety. Ginger haired. Sleazy in the way he treated the women he was working with. And a Scouse accent.
Today he said to me ‘You’ve been putting purple in your hair – it’s nice – I noticed it the other day.’
Added by Sandra Davies on November 8, 2011 at 11:24am — 11 Comments
Not wanted on voyage (first six of NaNo novel)
Her proposal came, as he later told her, with the felicitous timing of an amateurishly-plotted novel, one which relied over-much on coincidence to propel it to a credible conclusion.
Following Isobel’s unrealistically optimistic departure, he had spent a couple of hours re-claiming his flat before sitting down in front of the television…
ContinueAdded by Sandra Davies on November 2, 2011 at 4:00pm — 11 Comments
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