Spent a couple of hours fiddling around today with the blog theme. It did involve trawling through a few other writers’ blogs to see how they roll; so naturally I got sidetracked on reading a bunch of interesting posts on the art and craft of writing. So it kinda counts as research time.
What do you think?
In celebration of the release of Strange Little Girls from Belladonna Publishing, I’ve put together a board on Pinterest with images I found useful in creating my story, “Pretty Jennie Greenteeth”. I have these boards for quite a few of my works-in-progress, but I usually keep them secret. This is the first one I’ve released. Click on the link below to head over to Pinterest to have a look.
Follow Leife’s board Pretty Jennie Greenteeth on Pinterest.
I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!
Hooray! As of 4 days ago Strange Little Girls is a real, live book you can hold in your hands (or on your kindle) and read and marvel over! For a little taste of exactly what is inside this treasure box of an anthology, head over to Belladonna Publishing for a delicious teaser of each of the stories.
I’m so in love with the cover art of this book, and the interior art is just as sumptuous. If you pick up a copy, I’d love to know what you think!
This.
Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
It’s not just a useful reminder about what that spark is that tells us creatives we have something to offer the world, it also explains why we’re always trying harder, why we persist even when we haven’t quite measured up and…
…why, even when we haven’t necessarily hit the dizzying heights of perfection that are the standards we set for ourselves, we still have something to offer our friends, peers and colleagues in our field of creative endeavour that will help them improve as well.
With the launch of Strange Little Girls just around the corner, Belladonna have put up a book giveaway on Goodreads! Go register!
What a fascinating idea…
A new Museum of Broken Relationships will be opening in Los Angeles in May, and they are seeking donations of things that remind people of their once-broken hearts.
It started as a collaborative project between two Croatian artists, Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić, after the end of their four-year relationship.
You can read more about a selection of the objects it contains here.
The stories it would hold…!
Leife Shallcross 