By Anita Lovett It’s a fact; e-books are no longer a mere novelty. They have officially become big business. In recent years, electronic books have begun to take over an ever-growing percentage of the literary market share. As we gear up for the New Year, one we predict to be filled with unprecedented content and…
Month: December 2014
An eBook Market Review & Guide to 2015
It’s a fact; e-books are no longer a mere novelty. They have officially become big business. In recent years, electronic books have begun to take over an ever-growing percentage of the literary market share. As we gear up for the New Year, one we predict to be filled with unprecedented content and literature, we’ve put…
. bits of paper .
much of the time is spent with this or other things which pass the day nicely. use the brain. remembering strong wrapping paper in folded sheets. woolworths. i have a modern roll that tears easily, yet now continue the theme of recycled, flattened yet stil creased, tied with inevitable red thread or…
. the dress .
it is an traditional afghan dress look at the bodice. encrusted with jewellery, history, a desire to buy is curtailed, only by the price. i have searched ebay for another, more affordable, yet tis this one, i love. i can visit, touch and take photographs. the afghan dress is £125, will not fit me. that…
Ten Faux Pas To Avoid as a First-Time Author
By Gerry Aldridge As a first-time author, The publishing journey has been exhilarating, but also fraught with potholes and potential traps. Although making mistakes is part of the process, you can minimize them by reading about other authors’ experiences, so I thought I’d share part of my own journey with you. Faux Pas 1- Publishing your book before…
. holy wreath .
comes out every year, stored in one of the outbuildings. this is neither poetic nor important, yet we walked down the lane together, slowly. to place the holly wreath. sbm.
. the gift 2 .
i was given a gift . not wrapped just given. before the winter festival, before the anniversaries. the gift was given gladly received. if i believed in all that i guess i would give thanks, yet give thanks anyway. one has escaped. sbm.
. clues .
maybe it was the lack of empathy, the first sign in yellow. the others were hidden, yet confessed deeply. in red, the diagnosis, no doctors here, we have common sense in blue. understand the fear, the need to lay and weep over all things. legion, there are many. sbm.
. play list .
interupt the day, checking. it is all there to find, old favourites, new, they pray for those in peril each morning, later from the other room streams the sound of glass. one battery is spent, the other depleting rapidly. during the run up to christmas i shall replace and back up. meanwhile.…
. train coal .
has big lumps, i seem to remember. i have those and small stuff too. mother had nutty slack, mixed with water and other stuff to keep it going. can you still get that these days, i had best google, anthracite was good i feel, and those briquettes that i thought were for richer…
. driving dark .
the same each december, advent . the lead up. we have a memory or two. the world goes dark, we teach and learn, wait for light to appear, with those albeit small birds, singing. we have comfort, medieval trees, the coventry carol. we drive in the dark. sbm.
The Art of Photogravure
By Lothar Osterburg Lothar Osterburg makes photogravures of small, sculpted models of windmills, lighthouses, sailboats among others, staged in evocative settings. Built from memory of readily available materials, the models have a dreamlike quality which is enhanced by the placement of the camera within their worlds; the perspective is that of a person within the…