Mobility
When I got an iPad (my first) in April, I had high hopes for all the things I’d be able to do with/on it. My laptop is getting old (5 years!) and I’d like to keep it for work stuff … Continue reading Mobility
Tag: writing
Cook Your Own Stories
Literary Diet, the final day Tomorrow it won’t be January any more, which feels rather abrupt. But there are still a few hours left of the month in which The Guardian suggested we feed our souls with a literary diet, … Continue reading Cook Your Own Stories
Book Week Scotland 2020
Book Week Scotland 2020 is upon us like the softest of eiderdowns, fashioned from a patchwork of fabric cut from the frocks in a dress-up chest. This year’s theme is Future and there is a luscious, entirely digital, programme, which … Continue reading Book Week Scotland 2020
NaNo Interrupted
November is National Novel Writing Month and, as I have for the last few years, I signed up. This time, not to write a novel that I then never look at again but, to work on a short story collection. … Continue reading NaNo Interrupted
Printable Sticky Fabri-Solvy
It started when I was asked to contribute to a multi artist collaborative project to which I couldn’t say no, regardless I didn’t possess the necessary skill set. One day I’ll try and take this piece of my psyche apart … Continue reading Printable Sticky Fabri-Solvy
Lockdown Lethargy*
I typically need someone to disappoint if I’m going to get a job finished. If I have a real person relying on me to do something, and a real reason for doing it, I’ll do it to the best of … Continue reading Lockdown Lethargy*
D&G Poetry Lockdown Party – Number 19 – Eryl Gasper Dick
Originally posted on D&G Poetry:
ERYL GASPER-DICK – How does one choose only three writers, yikes?! I’ve spent an absurd amount of time sifting through all the writers I love and thinking about why. In the end I… Continue reading D&G Poetry Lockdown Party – Number 19 – Eryl Gasper Dick
I Need a Haircut & Other Whinges
So, here we are then, all stuck inside waiting for the beast to sniff us out and come knocking on the door disguised as a friendly neighbour or lost delivery guy. We get a lot of lost delivery guys (both … Continue reading I Need a Haircut & Other Whinges
Enchanted Lands
What is an enchanted land? Does it have to be outside, like a forest or a wild-flower meadow, or can it be inside, like a kitchen in which a pie is always just coming out of the oven? Does it … Continue reading Enchanted Lands
The Short Story: Opening Lines: A Perfect Day for Bananafish
‘There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost two-thirty to get her call through.’ JD Salinger, ‘A Perfect … Continue reading The Short Story: Opening Lines: A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Eryl Gasper-Dick, still curious 