‘Has it not occurred to you that I have just handed you the best story idea you will ever have?’ In the brief silence that followed, Nutley stared at the cat. So there it was, the sudden realisation that he had dreamed up a book idea by talking to a cat. Each morning, straight ...
For a brief moment, I looked death square in the face.Just another day on Death Ship number one. Never wish for adventure.Wish for a boring life, with nice, dull neighbours and stupid TV shows on Sundays.Never wish for adventure. Or someday, you might be spending your Sundays with a ...
it’s not particularly fun. It’s an exercise in light pain – lungs and thighs on fire, sweat pooling in every crevice. Some of them arenow doing overnight and multi-day trips, which I stay well clear of.
When I worked as a Copywriter, the Creative Director often had an idea of how he wanted the brief interpreted- leaving me with little or no creative liberty as any deviation from the expected wasn’t approved. I had a similar experience in the early days of my HR career as well. These...
If every time we watched someone fuck up we just thought, ‘Oh man, they’re going to hate themselves for that later,’ and then let them know it was just a brief moment in time and no one’s going to judge them for it forever, and we’ve ALL been there. At Loncon, a friend...
A brief history of Mum’s life accompanied by sniffing and snivelling from Jackie. Keith and the boys look like they’re waiting for a bus. Friends of Mum give their condolences to Jackie outside the church. I don’t think many of them know who I am. I’m a stranger. To everyone....
You’ll feel pain deep in your muscles, and aching, burning, stabbing, and shooting pain that gets worse as the day goes on until you almost find it challenging just to move and brief. You’ll also begin to notice that your sleep patterns are all over the place and that it’s impossi...
I don’t want this writing of mine to be only a brief explanation of Scripture and doctrine. So, these last few minutes of this Burst will be employed in the use of the random piece of Scripture given to me today. I believe that God wanted me to read that section about Jesus being ...
A BRIEF THOUGHT It was icy cold with thick falling snow, Forcing the ambulance to go so slow. We feared, as we saw the frozen ground, The birth would be neither safe nor sound. Yet somehow a mother, despite her pain, Managed her little unborn baby to retain ...
t written about her. I vaguely evoked a brutal ending somewhere at the beginning of the year. I couldn’t write about that as long as I was riding the waves of metamorphosis that are still spreading across my system. I know I’ll keep unfolding the layers of that brief and madly ...