Thursday 7 July 2011

Beginning

It's rude to jump right in, I think. So hello and welcome to you, and thankyou for hovering on this page. What's this blog about? Well. I am a writer with a fairly full life. Ideas have to sneak into my consciousness as I'm usually doing other stuff: the day job, being a mum, and the rest. So I read, I listen to the radio, eavesdrop on conversations in the course of my day and inspiration comes when two ideas collide. This blog is a place to share some of those inspirations. I believe that to be human is to tell stories, to make patterns out of our seemingly random experiences. I want to explore how putting two disparate items together can lead to a pattern, a picture, perhaps even ... a story. Enjoy.

3 comments:

  1. I'm terribly excited to find another person who has stolen the name of my beloved little Dolls' Dressmaker, and I adore your writings, in addition.
    At any rate, helloa.

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  2. Helloa to you too Little Miss Wren. I am glad the Doll's Dressmaker still gets some love in the 21st century. When I was looking for a blog name, Jenny Wren popped into my head straight away - I don't know why, perhaps because it signifies a small but clear voice. But that was taken, as were most of the other variations. Then thanks to Google I discovered the existence of Bella Wilfer (and Jenny Wren the Paul McCartney song, but that's a whole other story). So I didn't even read Our Mutual Friend until after I'd started the blog. But (she adds hastily) I love it now and am discovering as I write the resonances of those two characters in what I right. Plus Dickens is right back on my reading list for this year. Happy writing (and reading) to you too, and thanks for taking the time to comment.

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  3. That would be 'in what I write'.

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