Posts that relate very generally to life
Category: Life
Meg Cowell ~ ethereal fashion
Meg Cowell is a photographic artist based in Melbourne, Australia, who submerges clothes and photographs them. Symbolically she is interested in the transformative power of feminine clothes, inspired by fairy tales, children’s stories and also literature like Ophelia. The idea that …
Bird sounds visualized
A fellow writer friend, Cassandra L Shaw, shared this video. The visualizations of bird sounds. It reminded me of another philosopher, musician and writer David Rothernburg. he’s written some interesting books, one is Why do Birds Sing. There is …
Meet My Muse:
All writers have a muse and I think they are all hard task masters. My muses (and there are more than one and they do gang up on me!) tend to make me write things I think I shouldn’t. I …
Luc Besson film Angel-A
Extract from the film Angel-a by Luc Besson with Rie Rasmussen and Denise Richards. A snippet which speaks to the hurt child within us……
Book Update
The Veiled Heart is at the Frankfurt International Book Fair for the next few days. Wish me luck <3 Nice to see it sitting at 29 in Gothic Romance today <3 #29 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance …
Japonism & The Bound Heart
Q: What is one of the strongest influences in The Bound Heart? I would say one of the major colours which permeate the story is Japonism. Japonism is the influence of Japanese art, fashion and aesthetic on Western culture. Dates have …
FRIDAY FREEBIE: Elsa Holland’s ‘The Veiled Heart’
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MEET MY MUSE: Elsa Holland
Nice feature at AusRom for The Veiled Heart: MEET MY MUSE: Elsa Holland.
Flamenco
Great video from Iron & Wine for their song Boy with a Coin. They are like black swans dancing flamenco <3
The Veiled Heart
Sensual Snippet This the beginning of THE VEILED HEART…. London 1898 His nose was straight and solid, and with the darkest of eyebrows arched in question at her. Arched over her sure downfall. Her pulse beat faster as her breathe …
Henry & June
Movie about Henry Miller and Anais Nin The imagery and sensuality is superb still a great watch.
The Veiled Heart
Sensual Snippet This the beginning of THE VEILED HEART…. London 1898 The narrow stairs under her feet made the descent a little precarious. Yet that wasn’t the worst. No, it smelled of stale sweat, and something else. A musky, pungent …
Climbing the Gothic Romance charts
Big Thank you! The Veiled Heart is climbing the Gothic Romance charts on Amazon.com. Today it has reached some pretty good rankings * happy dance* 🙂 Thank you to all of you buying The Veiled Heart or reading it on KDP Select XXOX The …
Contraire – Fotografie
There are so many magical photographers working at the moment. I have already shared Uldus and Margo Kareva and their fairy tale images. Here is German photographer of Contraire – Fotografie and below a wonderful gallery of her work. You can …
While my guitar gently weeps
Santana and Yo-yo Ma. You just have to love that combination. Introduced to me by Author and Poetess Savannah Blaze
Marina Abramovic being an artist
The video is called advice to the young, but if you are in anyway creatively driven it’s a good listen. Marina, says something that I’ve heard for writing as well. She says about performance art: “do what scares you.” As …
The Suffragette
The movie the Suffragette is set a little later than The Veiled Heart. Miriam the hero in Veiled, has characteristics that support the growth of the neo-feminist movement. The Suffragette is about the push that led to the vote. Looks like a …
Hozier – It will come back.
I have this song on repeat. A bit of a little Red Riding Hood feel …. Don’t let me in with no intention to keep me Jesus Christ! Don’t be kind to me. Honey don’t feed me – I will …