Some times, I wonder if I want to be a reenactor. A really dramatic one. The one who you cut to in order to to see a dramatic or BIG face for emphasis. It’s not like you’d need theatre level acting skills, to have that ability to stay in character for long moments of time. […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Complexity And Characters
Complexity And Characters The following tweet found its way into my timeline, along with a bundle of thoughts. The tweet reads: What makes a book successful? Rosemary Stimola says the words and the narrative voice that carries them. She also says complex characters and plot that is a “page turner”. The part that stuck […]
Art Is Not Free
Art Is Not Free I get so mad when something gets thrown in my face that shows people think all kinds of art should be free. Right at this moment as I type this, I’m cranky at a specific situation. But it’s not the only one. Don’t copy books online and put them […]
Trauma
Do we police trauma too much? We have this idea that trauma is a big thing, a big singular thing. But what about the countless microaggressions? I was reading about how people are coping with being told by their government that it’s ok to let disabled people die to keep the economy going. […]
Spammer networking
I logged into linked in – a platform I maybe hate more than Facebook – to do a favour for a friend. I feel like the endorsing for skills is an adult, a so called professional version of like for like (a tactic I hate) but hey, it was for a friend, it was the […]
My Crappy Writing
I can’t say I’ve written much, or anything “good” in 2020. I did try to read some more though. I always thought that once I finished postgrad, my desire to read would return. And maybe it would have if I hadn’t had fatigue related medical issues then and since? Either way, I wasn’t reading much […]
Plastic Cups
Why are they only for children? My kitchenware is all plastic. Well, the plates and the cups are. I just prefer them that way. Plus when I hurt my wrist it made it easier to carry the food around because they were lighter than ceramic plates. But the plastic cups are the item that […]
Not a Secret
I’ve done NaNo on and off for most of my adult life. 2019 was the first year I had won. 2020 I won, but it was harder. Then again, what wasn’t harder in 2020? The key that swapped me from failing (though no extra word/creativity are actually a failure) to winning was twofold. One […]
Attention Spans and Grief
I don’t think people know I was quieter while dealing with grief last year. I was probably tweeting just as much but not interacting as much. So on the surface, it didn’t look different. But it was different. I was often too tired to bother sharing my opinion or giving words of support – or […]
Shaming Writers
There’s a lot of gatekeeping in writing. Which is weird, as it’s one of the few things you’d think is fairly accessible to many people. Of course there are discrepancies in education and support, but I mean on a wider level – more people can write than can become astronauts. The shame is on a […]