who?
I’m a published (so far, in Ouroboros Review) poet and (in Nanoism) twitfictionist, and a to-be-published (one day (you bet)) writer of other lengths of fiction and some non-fiction.
Mother. Friend. Long-lost relative. Dog-owner, and cat-deprived cat-lover. Survivor of (in reverse chronological order) rejection by editors; critical illness; chronic illness; critical family members; bereavement; post-traumatic stress; a sheltered childhood. Reformed chocoholic and recovered arachnophobe (yes, honest).
Attempter of crafts, art… erm… tidying…
I am not a financier, a stand-up comic, a collector of fragile antiques, a seamstress, or decided as to my views on most things. I was a BO, but am now a SHE.
I was born somewhere near Ankh-Morpork (Bright Cabbage). I grew up in Cranford.
Everything you see on my blog is © mmSeason (whether or not it carries the ©) unless I mention otherwise. Ask if you’d like to use anything. And now I’ll shut up about copyright.
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Thanks for all your visits to my blog in 2008, and here’s to more
in 09. I am glad you are no longer a perfectionist or editor (I find myself editing TV commercials!) or computer geek. Can you help me rid myself of those annoying traits, then?!
Love your blog.
Heather
Thanx for dropping in, Heather. I haven’t stopped myself editing even other people’s sentences as they speak to me! but i am no longer ‘officially’ an editor (it was a voluntary position, and my favourite past job). My only recommendation for shedding geekdom would be to have too many dozen other things to do and too few minutes to get distracted… works for a while anyway. ;0)
-mand
Hi Mand, Thanks for the blog link. I’ll add yours too. Lovely home you have here.
Thanx, Sam! {waving}
- mand
Got the books, Mand. I’m writing alot more Haiku and having fun with it! Thanks
dave
http://finepoetry.wordpress.com
All the best – enjoy.
- mand
You redecorated!! Something though says a bit of your personality is now missing. Hmmmm… I will ponder on it. I do sympathise though, Mand. I’m one of these who loves to move the furniture around endlessly. There are plenty of times when I wish that there were a real coffee shop (or tea!) where we could sit and gab. Somehow I think we’d have lots to talk endlessly about.
Cheers!
I think you’ve put into words something that was bugging me. I’ll go hunting for that missing bit of personality. (What would one use as bait?)
One day maybe we’ll find that coffee shop… 80) Looking forward to it.
- mand
Hi Mand
Thanks for linking to me.
Your blog looks interesting. Hope you’ll put some of your prose or poems up here.
Best wishes
lol… love how you describe yourself! I look forward to your posts as well.
nice to “meet” you!
Cool, That’s what I should do, find some Haiku books. I really have to be in the mood to write it. It isn’t as easy as the other pieces.
Dave
http://finepoetry.wordpress.com
Hi
Thanks for the insightful and positive comments on my blog. Yours is looking good. I think you’re on your way
Thanx very much, Adrian – and for dropping in. 80)
- mand
Dave, i occasionally come out with a haiku; it’s about something striking me suddenly. Sometimes they take as long to revise as anything else, funnily.
I have a couple of haiku books, but a friend (Kris Kondo) *really* knows haiku, and the how-to can be mystifying – the 17-syllable rule everyone knows is the one that is NOT required, etc.
Hey Mand,
Just wondering, have you written alot of Haiku? I haven’t and I was going to start working on that form. I’ve read some of the masters in that art. Any thoughts? For me, writing Haiku requires a different type of focus – almost a ‘meditation’ on the environ.
I’d like to hear your thoughts.
Dave
Thanx Caffe Mpath – The Library Thing looks good and i am about to add it to my blogroll as it will appeal to people that my blog appeals to. However i daren’t get involved there, as i already spend far too much time on the internet. I catalogue my books with Book Collector – which reminds me, i’ll link to collectorz.com too – though i’m not geeky (nor possessed of enough leisure!) to catalogue them all, only the ones i intend selling.
As for Rhys… hm. I do like his face in a non-handsome way ;0) and he definitely radiates energy.
Hi Mand ~ thanks so much for visiting my blog. I love company, so drop in anytime! And thanks too for your insights on the Doctor. Do you think Rhys would look good as a ginger? I think I’m so smitten with that mega-watt smile of David Tennant’s that I’m looking for that same facial energy. Do you think maybe Davies or Moffat will reconsider?
PS: You might be interested in the new link I added to Barista Favorites: The Library Thing.
“all-female social scenario” – absolutely! apart from church, visits to/from uncles once or twice a year, and one daring English-n-drama teacher at school… But also the Victorian, humdrum, forgiving, giggly, easily-excited-by-trivia atmosphere. I was torn between nostaligia and horror by the strong sense of recognition Cranford filled me with. (I even enjoyed the book in my teens, finding it neither funny nor boring. Just realistic.)
I would love to hear more about your early years in Cranford. Are you referring to the all-female social scenario? Including such feminine excitements as knitting,(crocheting perhaps?), tea parties and gossip about dress patterns? Ladies’ outings to cultural venues…and of course, church on Sundays and entertaining the vicar…