Cultural Divide

When writing, I have discovered cultural nuances which I have absorbed. In particular when I sub work for critique to my group of fellow writers from all parts of the globe.

It is not just the spelling, or the actual words, such as "port" or "bitumen" that catch me out, it is the things my characters do - like walk under buildings.

Any person from Queensland would read that character has walked under the house and understand. We spend much of our lives under buildings. I did not realise this was unique until now. So to assist with global confusion, please see above a "Queenslander" - the architecture that defines our state.

Writing and Working Fulltime

Let me tell you about working full time and being a writer.

When you are a writer and working full time (not as a writer), you spend a few minutes before you go to work tidying your house, not because you have an anal need to have a tidy house.

You do it because if you tidy every morning it will take less time on Saturday and you will have more time to write.

The Day After Tomorrow

I didn't want to see this movie when it came out, but it crossed my path recently so I thought I would give it a go. My original instincts were correct.

There are serious credibility issues in this movie. Not that the Earth suddenly freezes over, baffle me with enough science and I will believe anything.

I do not find it credible that this stupid man walks to New York to save his son. Why? What did he think he would do when he got there? As it turned out his son had it sorted anyhow, and the father arguably killed his friend and work colleague so he could prove he wasn't the slack father his ex-wife thought he was. A rescue team would have flown to New York when it was all over anyway - he didn't need to walk there.

Bin this one.