24th October 2012 Rhyming - the bane of my life... Sometimes I can barely find the right word let alone get the thing to rhyme with its neighbour. So it was with a heavy heart I went into the Sonnet lesson, but I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed myself. Now I'm not saying I am… Continue reading Sonnets and rhyming
Month: October 2012
Overwhelmed
17th October 2012 Today I became totally overwhelmed... It started fine; I got up, had breakfast, did some work on a story, got in the car... and then things slowly started to go pear-shaped. Firstly the weather was terrible, not a problem in itself until the branch that had, up to that moment, been hanging… Continue reading Overwhelmed
The miracle of ‘bad’
When I was a child (I'm disturbed that I am now old enough to write that sentence) and even now, I could never get my b and d round the right way, or is it d and b? Confusion reigned and I just could not get it. Now whether this trick is something I taught… Continue reading The miracle of ‘bad’
Shortest, Shorter, Short Stories
10th October 2012 Unfortunately my first lecture was cancelled as the tutor was unwell, but the second one ran brilliantly. Menna took the lecture on short stories and when I say short I really mean short... We started with six word stories, something I didn't know existed. Ernest Hemingway wrote one, and said it was… Continue reading Shortest, Shorter, Short Stories
Coping strategies I use everyday
Before I write this please be aware that these are my strategies and may not be the cheapest or even sanest to use. So before you decide to try them shop around... I tend to find something that works and never change - I like the familiar. I listed my problems in What is dyslexia… Continue reading Coping strategies I use everyday
Coping strategies the university provided without realising it
3rd October 2012 First day... Did I sleep? Course not. The usual questions were running through my head. Will I keep up? Will I be liked (this is an anxiety I get)? Will I understand what they are talking about? Now don't get me wrong I had tried to alleviate the fears. Firstly by getting… Continue reading Coping strategies the university provided without realising it
Advice
This is a bit of advice I've been given by a friend... A masters is as good as you make it. Cryptic or what! Except it really is. Half the exercises or essays are optional, so you can do them or not. I've chosen to do them, or at least as many as I possibly… Continue reading Advice
Part-time or full-time
The main question once I'd decided to go for a masters was whether to do it part-time or full-time. I think that had it been any other course apart from this one, I would have chosen part-time... but Trinity's creative writing is taught only one day a week - Wednesdays. So as far as the… Continue reading Part-time or full-time
Shall I or shall I not
So you know you've been dyslexic for years, and I mean years. Diagnosed in 1998 and then sent out into the world with a degree... Oh, but there's a story. My first degree was done at the University of Derby a very, very long time ago. The course no longer exists but it was called… Continue reading Shall I or shall I not
