Anne van Alkemade

Anne van Alkemade - Journal

Joined April 2007

How long is forever?

Posted about 1 month ago

In the short time since forever began, there’s been a kitchen fire creating smelly chaos, a fat suit filled with turkey and veg, a CEO snappy about sweet biscuits, an interesting trick with garden beans, and unfortunate reincarnations.

Are you intrigued by this piece of forever? You should be. And if you want to join in and contribute a piece of your own forever in 150 words or less, pop in…

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Self affirmation?

Posted about 1 month ago

There will ever
only
be one da Vinci!
Monkeys and typewriters hammer in my head. This has little to do with Leo’s lovely and brilliant life’s work.

There will ever
only
be one van Gogh!
I still have both ears. But then again, he started out with two, I think.

There will ever
only
be one Cezanne!
I liked his apples. So did his wife; a customer asked to buy just one and she cut it out of the can…

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Let's get politically correct or Jingle Balls (Come Write In #20)

Posted about 1 month ago

Can I say that? Is it still okay to use the words ‘political’ and ‘correct’? Should I say, let’s get in keeping with the popular or majoritively held notion of what should or should not be? And I apologise for the non-existent word of ‘majoritively’. That’s very poor English – or should I say grammatically challenged?

Are you tied in knots yet? I really could go on like this but perhaps that woul…

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A beautiful children's book

Posted 2 months ago

I received the most beautiful surprise in today’s mail … or rather, it was addressed to Robyn’s mum ‘Anne Murphy’ and it was for Robyn.

It’s called ‘Little Jemma’ about a young girl who receives a gift of bunk beds and finds they’re the perfect launching spot for a grand adventure.

The delightful story is by Cathryn Swanson and the beautiful i…

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It's here, it's real and it's ready to go get!

Posted 3 months ago

Yes folks, it’s real and it happened. Despite my panic, I noticed it was actually published a little earlier than the first two.

Go get your copy over here

Or click on the image (which was done by the wonderful Cathryn Swanson).

Can you tell I’m just a little bit exciterated?

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I'm looking for a pale gentleman with a cat on his shoulder

Posted 3 months ago

Yes, I really am. At least I would like to use a photo of a pale gentleman with a cat on his shoulder in my Images project. Preferably, the cat should be ginger.

There is no money available. Sorry about that. I wish I could pay for the shot. But I would do my very best to promote the artist in relation to the book I’m putting together.

If you’re interested in giving this one a go, ple…

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COME WRITE IN #19 – Who is Eddie Teasedale?

Posted 3 months ago

I’ve posed the following questions early in my novel “Grim Harvest” which is the sequel to Haunting Emma. The question is: who the hell is Eddie Teasedale and why is he important?

I have no idea – what I mean is I have not settled on an answer. But there are plenty of possibilities. I’m curious as to why I chose his name in the first place. I’m curious that he popped into my head when I was wri…

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FLASHBACK IS HERE

Posted 3 months ago

Hooray hooray hip hip hooray.
It has been a massive undertaking and now I don’t know whether to feel relieved or super dooper nervous.

Please head over to Blurb and take a peek. It’s got real gold within it’s pages and a cheap buy at $11.50! Especially when you consider there are 34 contributors, mostly stories but some images as well.

The cover designed by the fantastic Catherin

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Come Write In #18 - Sacked!

Posted 3 months ago

Okay, I lost my job. I was with them for six years without pay rate change and ‘had the nerve to ask for an increase’ when, according to my lovely former boss, I was delivering work that was ’amateurish at best’. Funnily enough this was the first time she had mentioned it and I thought the fact that my stories were being published almost all the time without any alteration meant she was hap…

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Come Write In #17 - Conflict Remembered

Posted 3 months ago

Everyone, absolutely everyone, needs a place they can cry.

I read a post on Facebook on Remembrance Day where a woman said in very negative terms, very angry terms, about people glorifying war. She spoke of soldiers who return, luckily in some ways, but unluckily because they bear the scars of the pain and death caused by their involvement in these events. And she said she was angry at the poli…

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