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Merchant of Venice - BBC Nudity Scandal!

5/31/2012

The Merchant of Venice

Apparently the BBC received several complaints after showing a 2004 version of The Merchant of Venice at 2pm on a Saturday that featured several shots of bare breasts!

Not one to shy away from such earth-shattering news events, I continued my Shakespeare theme from last week and penned a Merchant of Venice Limerick.

Will's Merchant of Venice play teaches
that Thespian ladies have peaches.
And for those who complained,
thank god Shylock remained
with his pound of flesh inside his breeches.

http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/complaints-after-bbc-broadcasts-nudity-at-lunchtime.html

That's about it for the week. Back to my PhD paper.

Below are links to my two Global Short Story Competition winners, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi, and my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment:

http://coscomentertainment.com/?p=159

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesjuly09.pdf

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesdec09.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

Happy writing!

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Beware the Green-Eyed Monster Jealousy

5/22/2012

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A Barrel

I actually did quite a bit of writing this week.

My company had its Family Day, so I took the kids along and made notes for an article for the in-house magazine.

Next day I took my son along to a birthday party at an entertainments centre in a mall. This gave me plenty of time to sit in the cafe downstairs and write up the article longhand.

Later I wrote up an idea for a short story in flash (abridged) form, but alas missed the deadline for posting it by a few minutes.

Yesterday I finished off the article, got its approval, sent it to the editor and got word it'll form the text to a special supplement.

Also yesterday, for some reason a limerick about Othello popped into my head - hence the picture of the barrel, as you'll see if you read below:

An envious husband, Othello,
was quite an inventive young fellow.
My wife's fooled around,
thought the Moor, so he drowned
the poor girl in a barrel of Jell-O.

That's about it for the week. Time for a more academic exercise - a paper for my PhD.

Below are links to my two Global Short Story Competition winners, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi, and my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment:

http://coscomentertainment.com/?p=159

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesjuly09.pdf

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesdec09.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

Happy writing!

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Manchester City Limerick!

5/14/2012

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Manchester City Win The Premier League

I'm busy doing background reading for my next Canterbury Tale - reading which includes Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (a medieval text by an anonymous author which is proving both surprisingly enjoyable and informative) and Shakespeare's Othello (probably the only well-known play by the great Bard that I haven't read).

For this reason, the only original creative writing I've done this week (well, almost!) is a limerick to celebrate Manchester City's remarkable victory over bitter rivals Manchester United:

The title has gone to Man City;
United lost out, what a pity!
The blues played sublime
Won in injury time -
To Sir Alex, boo hoo and tough titty!

Let's hope I don't get a barrage of hate mail from Man. United fans!

Below are links to my two Global Short Story Competition winners, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi, and my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment:

http://coscomentertainment.com/?p=159

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesjuly09.pdf

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesdec09.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

Happy writing!

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That One Last Edit Can Avoid Embarrassment

5/8/2012

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Where's that 'scolding' oil?

A week ago I submitted The Haberdasher's Second Tale, my shortest 'Lost' Canterbury Tales, to an anthology.

I've submitted this Tale a few times previously after vigorous editing, and the piece was even short-listed for the Global Short Story Competition one month.

On a whim, I decided to read the Tale aloud to test its humour on my ear. So imagine my surprise when I discovered, towards the end of the piece, that I'd referred to a 'hoard' of gold as a 'horde'.

It just goes to show that editing's never a cut and dried business - moreso when you consider that The Haberdasher's Second Tale had been read by the two other members of my writers' circle (or should that be 'triangle'), and that neither of them had picked up on the typo.

Which brings me to this week's picture, showing the area above the portcullis through which boiling oil used to rain down on the enemy.

Just before Coscom Entertainment published The Monk's Second Tale, aka Robin Hood and Friar Tuck - Zombie killers, I steeled myself, much against my will, for a final edit. Lo and behold, instead of 'scalding oil' being tipped over the zombie horde, Robin ad his chums were letting loose with 'scolding oil'.

"You naughty zombies! You shouldn't be eating Maid Marion's brains. You'll spoil your appetite!"

Well, there you have it. There's just no such thing as a final eddit! Geddit!

Below are links to my two Global Short Story Competition winners, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi, and my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment:

http://coscomentertainment.com/?p=159

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesjuly09.pdf

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesdec09.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

Happy writing!

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Limerick to Munch's 'The Scream

5/3/2012

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The Scream

I see that 'The Scream' sold for a few bob at auction this week. All of which was incentive for me to write a topical limerick on the sale and post it on Yahoo.

I must admit though, I do actually like this picture.

So without further ado, on another week where not much happened on the writing front, below is the said limerick.

Enjoy!

'The Scream' Limerick

Those millions of dollars do seem
quite substantial for buying 'The Scream';
coz I've got a hunch
that this painting by Munch
is spewed up tutti frutti ice cream.

Below are links to my two Global Short Story Competition winners, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi, and my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment:

http://coscomentertainment.com/?p=159

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesjuly09.pdf

http://www.globalshortstories.net/winningstoriesdec09.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

Happy writing!

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Merchant of Venice - BBC Nudity Scandal!

Beware the Green-Eyed Monster Jealousy

Manchester City Limerick!

That One Last Edit Can Avoid Embarrassment

Limerick to Munch's 'The Scream

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