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| Adrienne Odasso David Tallerman Hazel Dixon David Clements Adele Cosgrove-Bray More photos will be uploaded on my website shortly. | |
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| After the recent horrific heat, now we have charcoal skies, strong breezes and monsoon rain. All hail the English summer…!
So who’s been watching Torchwood? The longer story format works well, I think; better than the one story per episode format, as the plot is much more rounded. I prefer Torchwood to Dr Who--not that with our resident Dr Who fan I don’t end up watching both. Usually, anyway.
I’ve been reading Laurell K Hamilton’s Skin Trade, and there’s only one thing wrong with it--I’ve got stacks of work to do and I keep thinking about what’s happening in that instead. No, seriously, it’s an excellent detective story. The prose is tight and the plot fast-paced, and so far (¾ through the novel) Anita’s kept her knickers on. No doubt they’ll fly off at some point. However, the emphasis of this novel is firmly on hunting down the bad guys. A great read.
I was chatting with someone recently--no names to be mentioned--and she was complaining about the amount of fan art which her novels have inspired. In her shoes, I’d be thrilled to bits! If my characters inspired anyone to create drawings or paintings, I’d be so flattered…!
Soooo…. Now it’s the countdown to Parallel Dimensions, which takes place this coming Saturday (July 11th, 2.30pm, West Kirby Library, Wirral). A couple of trusty volunteers have been plastering MySpace(s) with the poster. So if your page there has been swamped with ‘em, this will be why--*evil chuckles*!!! They’ve also been sending out press releases to every fantasy and sci-fi mag Google can summon, plus local press, TV and radio stations. Thanks go to Taliesin and Kate for their hard work. | |
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| Anyone with an interest in the Adshead, Ashbrook, Bray and McGowan family tree is welcome to visit http://hubpages.com/hub/Four-Branches where I’ve created a webpage with photos about this. Today we have monsoon rain, which is a pleasant change from living in an oven turned on full. This heat wave has not been fun, and fortunately Ygraine was already booked to be groomed this week. Her coat is so thick and dense that she really suffers during hot spells. She’s much happier today. Actually she’s wrapped round my feet as I type this. She’s pretending to be asleep but she’s waiting for walkies. One move from this chair, and she’ll be spinning in excited circles. When I helped the groomer, Lisa, to he car with her equipment, the door slammed shut. I’d forgotten to put the catch on and so I was locked out. The front room widows were open, and a neighbour--a slender teenager who’s twice my height (ok, that might be a slight exaggeration…) climbed through easily and opened the door for me. Monday’s meeting of Riverside Writers was fun, as usual. We were joined by two new people, including Jonathon Mayhew who’s recently signed a three-book deal with Bloomsbury. His website is at: http://www.jonmayhew.co.uk/ He talked about the importance of networking in person and online, and also about the enormous amount of re-writes an MS undergoes before the publisher finally gives to go-ahead. Did I mention that the group is talking about putting together an anthology? We’ve begun looking at prospective printers, as it will be a self-publishing effort. | |
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| Sorry, but Panini is not Italian for cheese on toast.
That little adventure aside, my day in Liverpool made a welcome change from tapping away on this keyboard. I collected my new business cards from the printer--and am amused by my own pleasure in them--and Worlds Apart and The Forbidden Planet kindly agreed to display posters advertising Parallel Dimensions.
I also dropped into Richard’s studio, where he was about to tattoo a crucifix onto a man’s inner arm. Ouch! Still, that’s where he wanted it--and he got it without much more than a flinch, too.
The sky has turned sooty here; looks like a thunder storm is rolling in. It’s been so hot here! The city centre was baking. The garden could use a good downpour. | |
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|  Spiders love the ivy in our shady front garden.I have been waging war on the kitchen ceiling, polyfiller and spatula at the ready. The job would be so much easier if I could levitate. This would save having to climb up a stepladder and twist half-upside down so I can smooth away miniature potholes which bring something of a lunar texture to our temple of culinary experimentation. The house acts like a magnet for moths. There was a large, fat orange-brown one flitting round earlier, and snoozing on the ceiling is a particularly beautiful moth which looks like a Spanish lace fan. No wonder so many have been hanging out in our house--the bats are out in full force tonight. I've been photographing a few things in the garden, and have also begun weeding around the grove--which is badly overgrown with mare's tail. I've yet to find anything which can kill off mare's tail without destroying the soil for years to come. Anyway, the good news is that my Lady's Mantle has re-established itself under the contorted hazel--which I've given a sensitive prune so now its branches form a 'natural' arch over the entrance to the grove. Writing: This month's project for Riverside Writers was to produce a poem of short story on the theme of "one more day". I didn't fancy doing a mopey tale (along the lines of having one more day to live, for eg.) and so I ended up with a very short tale-- Party Time, 1,250 words--about a retiring Special Ops agent's last day of work. He has a surprise up his sleeve, but I won't give away more than that. Bethany Rose currently stands at 56,300 words. Progress has slowed while I've been promoting the Parallel Dimensions event which takes place on July 11th. Oodles of press releases have been sent out for that. Also, I've been editing Rowan and have cut a couple of conversations completely. If dialogue doesn't contribute to the plot then it doesn't need to be there. | |
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| Creating a new home for my non-fiction has kept me busy. At the time of writing this blog post, there’re only seven articles available for the public to read but this will change soon. The most time-consuming part of preparation has been in choosing photos. I’m particularly pleased with the photo of the ladies’ bowling tournament which I took last week in Ashton Park. If you go to that page and click on the photo, you can see it full-size. I think the image captures the atmosphere of their day. If you fancy a look, visit: http://hubpages.com/profile/AdeleCosgroveBray | |
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| Gurdjieff's sacred dances as portrayed in the film based on his book, 'Meetings with Remarkable Men'.An essay about Thomas Joseph Walton (AKA West Cheshire Lad) which mentions the influence of Gurdjieff's philosophy on his own can be read here: http://hubpages.com/hub/West-Cheshire-LadThis also includes previously unshared quotes from Divine Will: The Infinite Influence of All and Everything plus some illustrations which you won't have seen elsewhere. | |
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|  My humble effort at poster design. Help yourself to this image if you wish--and feel free to re-post it on your own blog, website, emailing list, forum etc. Any help with promoting this event would be appreciated. | |
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| You are invited to meet some of the UK's most talented new authors of Science-Fiction and Fantasy. This event will take place on Saturday, July 11th at West Kirby Library, Wirral. Confirmed so far are Adrienne Odasso, David Tallerman, Cheryl Holland and Hazel Dixon, plus myself--partially because I'm the event organiser. All the participating authors have had work featured in anthologies by Sci-Fi and Fantasy publisher Hadley Rille Books. Other confirmations may follow. Hadley Rille Books: http://www.hadleyrillebooks.comThe authors will read short excerpts from their work, then there will be a Q&A session, after which authors will be available to sign books. Doors open at 2pm, and the event starts at 2.30pm. Entrance is FREE--so arrive early to ensure a seat! Refreshments will be available. The library has disabled access. Wirral Libraries have already expressed an interest in developing this into an annual Sci-Fi and Fantasy event, so do come along and bring as many people with you as possible to help make this happen. | |
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| Oneness
By West Cheshire Lad AKA Thomas Joseph Walton
The Universe is in a perfect harmony of Oneness, vibrating in a perfect rhythm and harmony of timeless movement, perfect in this timeless movement, a sameness in its perfection. This sameness or Oneness is not influenced in the receptor in its Oneness or Sameness, influence occurs in the receptors according to their vibrating energy and nucleus, influenced by the Great Transmitter, all puppets that manifest in the countless diversities.
Each receptor is influenced and governed by the vibrating force field from the Universal Law, the Great Transmitter. Brain intelligence has little or no say in this influence. This sense of influence is positively expressed in all creation, influencing evolution, devolution, behaviour pattern etc. It is said some artists can perceive many colours of green etc, in nature’s herbage, an influence far above others in that field; also the smells, odours and aromas are not picked up by the same people. Each receptor is governed in its own influence and state, and yet, the Oneness of the Universe is the same, ever itself, vibrating the same to all Suns, Planets, all Creatures etc. It is not received by the receptors in the same field of expression. Each receptor is influenced and governed in its own limits.
The Universe is perfect in its own Diverse Movement. Mankind cannot know or be fully Aware of the Oneness. Each atom, leaf, creature, mankind etc, vibrate in this influence, judging by the brain, the manifestations of influence, not aware of the positive influence that governs them, not really aware that people are influenced differently by the Great Transmitter, the same Oneness, the Universal Vibration of Law.
Most people live with their positive buffers and excuses, not aware of this positive influence, Asleep. Brain intelligence, Memory and Forgetting.
Any alteration of the receptor will also alter the reception of the vibrating energy from the Great Transmitter, which alters the influence in the receptor governed by this Law. All and Everything is governed in this Law of Impression. All physical and metaphysical vibrating energy is influenced by the Great Universal Law.
Each receptor can only receive the vibrating energy according to its own vibrating harmony, relative to the Oneness. Each in its own place, each in its own influence. The Oneness vibrates Law the same to all, each receptor receives its own influence and behaviour pattern, governed in the vibrating relativity to the Oneness.
Many live as if their behaviour pattern in their own, Asleep to the Oneness of God, the Infinite Universal Law.
Note: All capitalisations are the author's own; all I've done is correct any spelling mistakes. | |
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|  by Peter Hurd, Treasurer for Riverside Writers. | |
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