Ray's Blog: January 2011
Is Happiness A Matter Of Positive Thinking?
Photo: Pink Gerbera
As Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, suggests that “happiness” would be a better measure of national progress than GDP (gross domestic product) and the BBC’s Breakfast programme tries to define the elusive emotion, I’m going to ask you what you think?
I first wrote on this subject more than...
Posted at 15:29pm on 27th January 2011
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Online Book Club: Born On A Blue Day By Daniel Tammet
My real-time Book Club will be meeting on 17th February, 2011, to discuss the book, Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. It's an amazing autobiography, written by a young man who is both autistic and has Asperges. If you haven't read the book yet, I would urge you...
Posted at 14:56pm on 24th January 2011
The Joy, Or The Sadness, Of Teen Sex?
Photo: Solomon Island, Chesapeake Bay:
Mum, Dad, Boy, Girl
Mum, Dad, Boy, Girl
If The Joy of Teen Sex on Channel 4 had been titled The Fun of Teen Sex or simply Teen Sex it would probably have been seen by the TV regulators (if they still exist) as porn. It was certainly a...
Creative Writing & A God-like Or Omniscient Point Of View
Last week I wrote an article about the importance of Point of View (POV) if you’re planning on writing and publishing a book, and a reader took me up on what I’d said. An aspiring author, he is in the process of writing his first book, he said, and he’s...
Posted at 12:02pm on 15th January 2011
Apologies Again
I'm so sorry that because my website keeps stripping out all punctuation I've had to pull the plug on last week's article about Point of View. I have another ready to go up to follow it and hope to resolve this as soon as possible.
Posted at 17:41pm on 14th January 2011
Characters & Point Of View: It's All In The Mind
My husband, who is a keen cook, has a copy of one of Nigel Slater’s books, Simple Suppers. The recipes produce good, nutritious meals. I have to confess, however, to a slightly queasiness when it comes to watching the celebrity chef on TV. Something, I think, to do with what...
Posted at 17:40pm on 7th January 2011
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