Romance in France on the first of May, a challenge a day in shorts and flash fiction . It's all about what makes you write, what's fun about it, where ideas come from and take you . Follow the prompts and have a go. I was really surprised at what I...
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There isn't an easy way to say that I love books, and have lined my life with them, and yet, I don't really read them very much at all.
I like to read the world around me. I like to read no words at all.
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When I am out and about, I find so many stories just flooding into my head, that the real shelfie has to show tales like these:
How did the (white, round) fossil of a shell get into this pool?
One reason why I love shorts, and poetry is that, by their very shortness, they almost have to leave you guessing, never really letting you go.
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On another beach I find a fossilised oyster shell with a hole in it. Has it been here since the Jurassic, dodging dinosaur feet like the ammonite in the bottom left of the picture?
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Yes, I love books about rocks and geology. It puts history into perspective.
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You know its a whodunnit when you get to digitalis.
I like best of all to listen to stories.
The pictures on the radio are best.
What I find challenging is the difference between fact and fiction, between a report and a story. In journalism, all items are referred to as astory.
The reporter I most respect and admire is Ferghal Keane, from Cork, Ireland, whose reports are broadcast around the world, through Irish radio and tv, and the BBC, including the World Service. He describes the start of his journalistic career and onwards which is summarised in the title of his public lecture: The Struggle for Reason at the university of Limerick:
"You serve the community best when you hold up a mirror showing both the good and the bad."
"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, nothing straight was ever made." Emmanuel Kant as quoted by Keane.
"Challenge always your own biases.
Your most sacred beliefs, take them out, put them on the table, take them asunder, and then they're really worth something, if you've convinced yourself." Fearghal Keane
