How I spent my weekend...

No wonder I an nursing some bruised ribs today!

Playlists and promises

What's this, blogging in the evening? From the comfort of my sofa? Don't mind if I do! You see I finally have this magical thing called the internet in my home... oh you already know about it? Oh well...

 

Now that I have finally got organised and committed to living in the 21st century, it's time to kick this blog into gear! I have plans, grand plans, new pages, new posts, possibly pseudo educational ones...

But first I thought I'd exploit the fact that I now have access to you tube!!!! Hoorah! I have missed you these past months!

 

A while back I blogged about music, and how I use it with my writing. Some songs fit the general theme of what I'm writing (sort of like the soundtrack to a movie trailer in my head!) whereas others remind me more specifically of certain characters.

My current playlist is growing nicely so I thought I'd share some of it with you.

 

 

Florence + The Machine No Light, No Light

 

Would you leave me if I told you what I'd done

And would you leave me If I told you what I've become...

Muse - Take a Bow

 

Death, you bring death and destruction to all that you touch.
Pay, you must pay
You must pay for your crimes against the earth...*

30 Seconds to Mars - Modern Myth

 

Save yourself, save yourself, a secret is out...

The Editors - An End has a Start

 

I won't disappoint you as you fall apart

some things should be simple, even an end has a start

Snow Patrol - Run

Have heart my dear, we're bound to be afraid

Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess...

 

Jewel - The Absence of Fear

 



 

you're no stranger, you're my gravity...

 

 

Editors - Push Your Head Towards The Air

 

 

I will run just to be by your side,

Don't you ever bat an eye

 

 

Radiohead - Exit Music

 

 

Breathe, keep breathing, don't lose your nerve,

breathe, keep breathing, I can't do this alone

 

 

 

Obviously these will mean far more to me as I know the stories behind the songs, but I hope it gives you a little taster, and if nothing else will provide you with some good music while I work away behind the scenes here!

 

Be back soon!

 

 

L xxx

 

 

*Yep, this character is pretty...um, unhinged

 

Under (re)construction

I am tinkering with things...

New pages coming soon!

For New York

The future of Lefty Flip...

Before I batten down the hatches for a long overdue weekend of epic writing, I have some big news.

After 7 months (yes, you heard right) I am finally getting back on line at home! How I have survived this long I do not know.
So hopefully I'll be able to post here more often, and, you know, actually take the time to write a decent post...

Aw, who am I kidding - it just means I'll be posting this kinda stuff on a daily basis:

Enjoy!

If you understand this - I love you

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Happy Birthday!

This weekend marked this blog’s first birthday! Hurrah!

Have cake.

Due to an accidental spike in popularity I have now passed 3000 hits! Hurrah again!

Which prompted me to have a look through the rest of my stats…

Most popular posts have been…

5) I’m Going to Hogwarts!

4)  Race For Life

3) I Was a Teenage Book Thief

2)  Pensives and Post-it notes

And in the number one spot?

1)  2000 Hits This is simultaneously funny and tragic! Seriously, a fluke takes the top spot? Gah! I have got to sort this blog out!!!

Top searches that cause google to spit out this blog are:

2000, Post-its (ha ha ha!) Hogwarts (but of course) and my personal favourite ‘Giant Ursula’

Naturally.

Outside of the bloggersphere, other things that have happened in the past year include me moving house, losing a cat, and doubling the number of tattoos I have (four new ones this year! Four! And all of them literary references… hmmm, I think I have a theme for my next post…)

And more importantly, after various mishaps, re-writes, playlists, paintings, mud pies and writing in the bath... I am about to start on my fourth (how near is this to being the final?) draft of this blasted book! Which I love really, and am very excited to finish.

So there you have it. What I did this year!

More soon...

Laura