Archive for July, 2007

So what’s this all about then, I hear you ask. Well you could be lucky enough to be in right of the start of this soon to be legendary series of whimsical deconstructions of much loved, much hated, overused, misunderstood or just plain stupid quotations and sayings.

Here’s a shameful confession. When confronted with the achievements of certain other creative people I have often felt smaller, less able and threatened. I call it Achievement Envy.

So here’s where blogging can become a wee bit circular.

Mixed Metaphor Warning

Here I am offering forth my wisdom on how to smash down those barriers of creativity only to get ambushed by one of the damn things myself. Did I say one? I mean several. I feel the need to mix my metaphors […]

What do the following have in common?

The short story competition entrant whose story is expensively bound and beautifully printed on the finest paper
The budding DJ who has spent 10 grand on kit he has no idea how to use
The con man dressed impeccably in a Saville Row suit in order to gain the confidence of […]