https://videopress.com/v/Krs6FPt5?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "On Being Asked To Prove Love" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Category: Books
Does a new phase of writing start on Wednesday?
Now the proud owner of a Lincoln University Associate Reader's library card, on Wednesday - for the first time - I will find a desk somewhere in the English section on the second floor of the library and open my laptop. Then I will sign-on to the guest network. Then open Apple Pages, or Scrivener. … Continue reading Does a new phase of writing start on Wednesday?
Sonnet Man #9 – “In Mourning”
https://videopress.com/v/tBslSGps?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "In Mourning" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Faber: sharp practice or incompetence?
As a Faber Member I received an unsolicited email offering me 25% off a range of Short Story titles. I decided to take them up on their offer. At the checkout however, the discount code in the email failed to work. I decided to buy the books and sort the discount out afterwards. When I … Continue reading Faber: sharp practice or incompetence?
Putting pen to paper – w/c 2nd October
Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - a meeting with the Hammond House organisation, hopefully to arrange a performance of Crash early in the new year - YES (though nothing fixed as yet) hosting Contextual: 20 poetry reading event on Thursday (via Zoom) - YES … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 2nd October
Sonnet Man #8 – “In the Hospice”
https://videopress.com/v/jsWcq3Ag?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "In the Hospice" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
“Mostly Hero”
For once the blurb in a book is absolutely correct. Anna Burns' 2014 long short story "Mostly Hero" is a little like a Grimm fairy tale reimagined by Quentin Tarantino. It must have been so much fun to write! There is something in the style of the story (not the humour!) which prefigures that she … Continue reading “Mostly Hero”
Sonnet Man #7 – “Pilgrimage”
https://videopress.com/v/4q4kfrz0?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Pilgrimage" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Sonnet Man #6 – “In Search of Tabloid Headlines”
https://videopress.com/v/metavKKJ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "In Search of Tabloid Headlines" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Sonnet Man #5 – “Abandoned”
https://videopress.com/v/T64sAOrp?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Abandoned" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Ian Gouge - Writer 