News from Sarah Painter
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Towel Day; who knew?
I was introduced to Douglas Adams at a young age. I remember listening to Hitch-Hikers on the radio with my brother and picking up the books from my parents’ shelves as soon as I was able. Despite these impeccable credentials, I wasn’t aware that May 25th is Towel Day in…
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Monday Motivation: An Invocation for Beginnings
I’m always firmly behind the zeitgeist – five years ago I would’ve been earnestly asking if you’d seen this cool show called The West Wing. Anyhoo, that’s a long way of saying that I only just discovered Ze Frank (courtesy of Laini Taylor’s blog – thank you!). He ran a…
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Friday Five: The soundtrack edition
I’ve always liked listening to (loud) music to kickstart a writing session. It energises me and helps to block out both the real world and extraneous mind-chatter. These days I go a step further and create a soundtrack for the story I’m working on. This works in two ways: the…