It’s not often in life I meet someone I would like to be, but Jonathan Sothcott is currently just that. He’s become my hero of late, so I was chuffed beyond chuffed to grab an interview with him. Film making is an old business, but that doesn’t mean you can’t teach an old dog new…
Read MorePlaying the Long Game -The Great Gatsby
I don’t think I have ever been so excited about the release of a film as I am about The Great Gatsby. I’m am sitting on my hands and googling the awesome trailer with my nose at every possible chance. Australian Director Baz Luhrmann returns to our screens with the epic in May, and talk…
Read MoreTrance – Danny Boyle
I think we can sometimes go to the cinema knowing what to expect. We turn up, buy our popcorn (sweet), Cola (diet) and head to our seats. We emerge an hour and then some later, satisfied, relaxed, perhaps feeling good, optimistic, perhaps still chuckling at some of the lines. Then comes Danny Boyle’s Trance and…
Read MoreWriting Creatively
I’ve been writing so much recently I think I had forgotten how to do so creatively. I can get an idea no problem, but it’s my descriptive text that’s evading me. Writing in the first person is hard to carry off for a whole book. I am boring myself with the tone of this writing.…
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You’re Always Going to Take the Last Cookie
The things you are always going to do. You’re always going to smile at someone who frowns, spell something wrong in your status, ignore your work for twitter, regret the shots, make that phone call, catch that guys eye as his girl comes into view, be caught doing something stupid, sleep with your ex, find…
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Song For Marion – Where Do Writers Get Their Ideas?
This post is sooooo late I apologise but it’s been crazy busy in the life of Karlie, I almost shelved it but I think for any aspiring writers and even regular writers, it would be helpful, and after writing it and reading it through, I’m reminded of how wonderful it was. A few weeks ago…
Read MoreWhere Do Writers Get Their Ideas?
This post is sooooo late I apologise but it’s been crazy busy in the life of Karlie, I almost shelved it but I think for any aspiring writers and even regular writers, it would be helpful, and after writing it and reading it through, I’m reminded of how wonderful it was. A few weeks ago…
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Do I Have To Grow Up Now?
My birthday is today!! Yippee! It’s not a ‘big’ birthday as some people have asked, but it’s the one before. I feel okay about this, I mean all my friends are approaching theirs too, I’m in good company. I’m inclined to think, like the deep soul I am, about previous birthdays. Observing my friends before…
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Spamming and the Internet
It never cease to amaze me that most of the adult population do not realise that people lie. While people lie about lots of things, there’s no bigger place for lies than on the Internet. As a parent I teach my children about online safety, outside safety and general safety. Seems most of my Facebook…
Read MoreThe Old Days
I swung open the door, passing the neon sign. He was behind the counter, a smile waiting for the entering customer. When he saw me his smile faded a little. “Karla! I tried to call you, this is very late!” I lowered my head at his disproving tone and placed my DVD on the counter.…
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