Write a 20-line poem where every line begins with the first letter of your first name. The only rule is that it can’t be about you. ***** Dark, the night the womb releases Disaster, thy name will be Devastation, bound forever Dawn, concealing that which others Dare to dream Drifting, the remnants of the world... Continue Reading →
Red lips, slender waist, ebony hair All that she is, I desire. By my side, her body like the sunset Sinking into linen sheets. A world I cannot penetrate As tangible as dreams In the haze of reality, I was drawn Her form filling me with Carnal lust Envisioning her body entwined with my... Continue Reading →
It started with a text, “got work for you, call me asap” texts like this weren’t unusual by any means, but the last time I had answered one, I’d flown to Paris. When I arrived at the studio Adam was working in just three days before, I was told that the shoot had been cancelled,... Continue Reading →
Pre-November: Monday, 24th October 2016 - 13:24 Having signed up for NaNoWriMo again for the third time, I am hoping to avoid the pitfalls of my previous attempts, and have started planning my 2016 attempt. I have chosen the novel that I would like to work on, and have just finished prepping a spreadsheet with... Continue Reading →
Some times we learn lessons the first time we become aware of them, other times we are forced to repeat the same mistakes until we are given or become aware of the resources we require to truly learn something. Last night was a night of many lessons, most of them are now lost in the... Continue Reading →
Good intentions are, unfortunately, not all that is needed to achieve your goals. Life is about hard work, and commitment to going on with things, it is about having the drive to challenge that which does not work, and work hard to overcoming that which challenges you. Waking up on the first morning of NaNoWriMo... Continue Reading →
I start work in 27 minutes, so blogging really shouldn’t be my top priority right now. However after falling asleep thinking about work, and waking up thinking about it, I needed to do something which didn’t involve thinking about how much work there is to do. The past few weeks at work have been an... Continue Reading →
When I first started ‘Forever Distracted by Life’ I knew that I wouldn’t get into the habit of regular posting straight away, while I had a few really big idea’s as to how the blog would ultimately look, I also knew that I wasn’t ready to start the project properly, I just didn't have the... Continue Reading →
The following post, is the original short story which I wrote as part of a creative writing task in High School, while the story has progressed to a stage quite far removed from this original story it is the foundations from which all other works over the past few years have grown. This is the... Continue Reading →
