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Writing fiction, inspiration, odd books and writers

Saddle Up for The Territories West

Incredibly proud of my eldest son today, who has just released his fifth album aged just 20 years old. He’s a musical storyteller, and goes all wild west with this one. If you’re looking for music to write your Western-themed novel to, try this one …

book, cowboy, genre, movie, music, soundtrack, story, storyteller, western, wild west, Writing

Satisfying Sentence: Man of War

Some song lyrics are just irresistible, and this one always jumps out at me as being so dramatically macabre. The gloriously unexpected combination of cake and the death of enemies is strangely quirky and satisfying.

creative writing, horror, lyrics, macabre, man of war, poetry, radiohead, song, theme, writer

Mrs Holloway’s Annual Parade of the Brightest and Best

“The brightest and best of you,” says Mrs Holloway, clapping her hands with palms flat and fingers pointing upwards, so that each clap is a prayer of thanks. And so begins the Annual Parade…

awards, creative writing, fiction, flash fiction, jo danilo, perfect, prizegiving, school, school life, short story, story, student

Odd Writers #9: Balzac’s Fuel for Thought

Want to be a prolific author? Worried you’re not writing enough? It might depend on how many cups of coffee you’re prepared to drink! 😳

19th century, author, caffeine, coffee, french, fuel, habit, history, honore de balzac, Odd Writers, weird, Writing

Satisfying Sentence: This Blue World

I could pick hundreds of satisfying sentences from Elbow songs, written by Guy Garvey. As NME magazine once said “Garvey is a poet, and one of the most creative and goddamn heartbreaking wordsmiths we have in the UK.” This is my all time favourite… 💙

beautiful, creative writing, elbow, guy garvey, heart, love, lyrics, poetry, romantic, song, writer

Not Today…

There will be no smiles on this page. Not today…

creative writing, invasion, peace, people, solidarity, support, ukraine, war

The Long and the Short of It

In which we look at old novels with much longer original titles than the short title they are usually known by, often extending to several sentences, that effectively give the plot away and even, on occasion, the ending, so you are left wondering if you should even read the book in the first place…

fiction, book, short, first novel, robinson crusoe, book titles, long, classic, moll flanders, old, antique, 18th century

Odd Writers #8: Hemingway the Crazy Cat Lady

In which we find out why there are so many Six-Toed Kitties in Key West

author, cat-lover, cats, florida, habits, hemingway, macho, odd, polydactyl, writer, Writing

It’s a Wrap! Merry Christmas from Bird and Me

In which Bird ‘helps’ me wrap presents for Christmas. Errm… thanks Bird :-/

author, baby bird, bird, christmas, creative writing, jo danilo, starling, tame, writer

Any Ideas What This Might Be…?

In which Jo receives a mysterious photo from her friend and has no idea what it is…

author, bird, fiction, garden, ghost, harry potter, mystery, new Zealand, patronus, photo, photograph, spooky, story

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