“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” – Leonardo Da Vinci.
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What happens in Vegas…
“Las Vegas looks the way you’d imagine heaven must look at night.” – Chuck Palahniuk.
It ain’t bad but it ain’t San Francisco.
“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So … get on your way! – Dr Seuss. Oh blogging world, how I’ve missed you! I’m not gonna waste my time doing *another* ‘I’m back’ post because, let’s face it, I’ve done too many of those already! I could give aContinue reading “It ain’t bad but it ain’t San Francisco.”
Falling
23.02.17 “It’s strange,” said Elara thoughtfully. “I thought I loved Jackson. Being with him made me feel safe, it was like coming home to a warm bath after a long day. And for a while that was exactly what I needed. But then I realised that that’s not really what love is. You can’t justContinue reading “Falling”
I’m Back!
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart” – William Wordsworth 16.02.2017 I’m going to be honest. My New Years Resolution to blog more frequently totally went out the window recently. I don’t really have any excuse apart from the fact that I was pretty busy, and (this sounds like a cop-out but IContinue reading “I’m Back!”
Amor Fati
“Amor Fati – ‘Love your Fate’, which is in fact your life.” – Friedrich Nietzsche What’s up guys? Today’s blog post is about something that is very important to me – my first tattoo. That’s right, I have the words Amor Fati tattooed on the back of my neck. Whenever I try to explain toContinue reading “Amor Fati”
The Butterfly Effect
This post is kind of cheating, as it’s a little excerpt from the novel I’m trying to write. This is the moment my heroine meets Gabriel, the moment that sends her world catapulting in a totally different direction to the way she was expecting her life to go. I hope you enjoy it! Whenever ElaraContinue reading “The Butterfly Effect”
New Year New Me
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley Happy New Years Eve everyone! To tell you the truth, I have some mixed feelings about saying goodbye to 2016. In many ways it has been an absolutely terrible year with the deaths of so many inspirationalContinue reading “New Year New Me”
The Curse of the English Degree
“The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.” – Christopher Morely Before I went to university (even though I had obviously studied English for both GCSE and A Level) there was a clear difference in the way I read books that I was studying, and books thatContinue reading “The Curse of the English Degree”
The Very First Blog Post
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway Hi Everyone, Welcome to my new blog! Before I start, here are a few things you might want to know about me: My name is Aimee Garnett, I am 21 years old and I am from Southend-on-Sea inContinue reading “The Very First Blog Post”
The Life of an Aspiring Writer 