The EMP Museum in Seattle, Washington was designed by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry and is a wonderful example of his singular design style. Wrapped in undulating metal panels, the colours and shapes were inspired by electric guitars, which Gehry took apart and reassembled as part of the initial design process. Every angle of theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – EMP, Seattle, USA”
Author Archives: Helen Jones
Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day Three
And so I come to the final day of my Three Quote Challenge (courtesy of Meredith at Mezzalilly’s Teen Book Reviews – thanks, Meredith!). For my final quote I’m going back to Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, and this quote speaks of friendship: ‘When you part from your friend you grieve not; For that which youContinue reading “Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day Three”
It’s Time For All Bloggers To Unite – A Bloggers Bash Announcement
The Bloggers Bash is coming soon – bloggers of the world unite! Or at least, come to London for a great day out 🙂
Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 2
This is the second of my three quotes, and once again thanks to Meredith at Mezzalilly’s Teen Book Reviews for tagging me in this challenge. Today’s quote is by Mark Twain, the legendary writer and raconteur. It’s a philosophy by which I’ve tried to live much of my life. ‘Twenty years from now you willContinue reading “Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 2”
Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 1
I was recently tagged by Meredith of Mezzalilly’s Teen Book Reviews to participate in the Three Days Three Quotes Challenge. I have done this challenge before, but there are so many wonderful quotes in the world I’m very happy to participate again. My first quote is from Tolkien, the master of Middle Earth, and it’sContinue reading “Three Days Three Quote Challenge – Day 1”
In Praise Of Libraries
So today something kind of cool happened. My daughter was using my phone and decided to Google Oak and Mist. She then became very excited. ‘Mummy, someone’s drawn your book!’ I had a look and, sure enough, it was my first piece of fan art. I can’t share it here as it’s not mine toContinue reading “In Praise Of Libraries”
Guest Post: C.S. Boyack – The Importance of Research in Speculative Fiction
Today Craig Boyack, author of C.S Boyack’s Experimental Notebook and his newest release, The Playground, is visiting Journey to Ambeth with a fantastic post about research. As he says, writing speculative fiction means that you can do pretty much whatever you choose within a story – however, for it to be effective, there has toContinue reading “Guest Post: C.S. Boyack – The Importance of Research in Speculative Fiction”
Thursday Doors – NatWest Building, Coventry
These rather impressive stainless steel doors are the secondary entrance to the NatWest Building on Hertford St in Coventry. According to Historic England, the NatWest building was constructed in 1929-30, and you can see an Art Deco influence in both the ornate door panels and the stone decoration on the arch. The icons on theContinue reading “Thursday Doors – NatWest Building, Coventry”
Wednesday Wander – Venice, Italy
I recently wrote a piece of flash fiction for one of Sacha Black’s Writespirations, and it seemed to take place in Venice. This took me back to a visit I made there many years ago, and so I thought I’d make Venice this week’s Wednesday Wander destination. I could write loads about Venice. But IContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Venice, Italy”
#BlogBattle – Leviathan
This is my entry to Rachael Ritchey’s Blog Battle. This week’s word was ‘Leviathan’, and it took me straight out to sea. I realise I’ve been doing a few of these blog challenges of late, and I think it’s because I need to stretch all my writing muscles before hitting NaNo next month. Plus I’mContinue reading “#BlogBattle – Leviathan”
Helen Glynn Jones 