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Nora Lumiere
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Animation Oscar Nominations 2014
FIVE SHORTS: GET A HORSE (Walt Disney Animation Studios, USA - Hand-drawn and CGI in glorious black and white!) The first Disney animated film in 90 years ever... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
2013 Blog Review
LOVE or RELATIONSHIP - Something that sounds like a medical emergency but is, by far, the best feeling in the world is not a "relationship".WOULD YOU READ A... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
2013 Reads
These subjective impressions should not be taken for proper reviews. ↑ Mmm to ↓Ugh: 3 Mmms is best THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON by Adam Johnson ↑ ↑ ↑ - Loved this... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
50 Shades of Grey
Look what Blogger has done to my artwork!Although it has a pure white background, it comes out with a hideous DARK GREY SCREEN. All artwork, even the old... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Disney Animation 2013
For decades Disney has been trying to get rid of its animation unit but instead it seems to have doubled in size. In the late 1980’s the animation unit... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Writers Writing
When we see pictures of writers writing they usually look like this: All focused and busily scribbling or typing away. But they’re just posing for the painter o... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Pimping Literature
It seems literature has swept grandly through the ages, illuminating, educating, saving lives with flair and panache only to stumble over digitization and fall... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
SLEEP and WRITING
It has always amazed and distressed me that we need to spend half our life unconscious. What a waste of good living time. Why could we not simply plug... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
*(w)racked by Writing
Sometimes I have too many ideas to capture on my hard drive before I forget them. At those rare times, I wish I had a mental butterfly net to catch them all... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Butterfly Ideas
Sometimes, I have too many ideas to capture on my hard drive before I forget them. At those rare times, I wish I had a mental butterfly net to catch them all an... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Memorable Literary Characters
So many literary characters are part of our lives. Some inspire us, some repulse us some make us laugh, all entertain us. How impoverished we’d be if we’d... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Author Photos
Why is it that many photographers pose writers with their hand(s) awkwardly hovering around their face? How often do we do this in real life? Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Rewriting
The reason I haven’t written about writing for a while is that I’m not really writing, I’m re-writing. This, for me, is a thrill and a pain. Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Life Offline
Yesterday my phone and broadband went out.Thank goodness it hadn’t happened the day before when I was doing my taxes online or I would have had a heart attack. Read more
Posted on 06 April 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Power of a Picture
I’ve used Lisa Simpson, the TV cartoon character, as my avatar online for years. I love her cocky yellow grin, her pearls and her spiky hair. Read more
Posted on 16 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
International Women's Day
The story that this celebration originated after a protest in the US is apprently apocryphal. It was probably substituted for the fact that the first celebratio... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Why We Read
Have you ever wondered why we like to read or listen to stories? Ever since Neanderthals told tales around cave fires, the human race has been fascinated by... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Would You Read a Novel About Animation?
"Bambi meets Cruella Devil" is a tag line I thought would appeal to publishers. But the reaction I’m getting from the publishing industry to my novel ANIMATED i... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Valentine's Day 2013
When did LOVE get replaced by the ghastly soulless word: RELATIONSHIP? Surely "The way in which things and people are connected" is not how we feel. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
New Blog Party
I had intended to set up a website which would incorporate both my blogs but, until I become a Wordpress whizz, the ANIMATED, a Novel blog will remain to be... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION