The mindless rambling of yet another Sophie

For the past few days my brain has bombarded me with ideas the moment I walk outside. Today expecting a similar thing and feeling itchy to write I sat with my phone ready in my hand and... stared at my phone screen blankly. The first line was something that came to mind during my frustration. Then, slowly but surely the words soon followed. We can't force ideas but sometimes we can give them a little coercion. Have a great day as always Sophie

You know how when you go to the train station or the bus station or just generally any public space that pigeons can fly into there are signs saying not to feed them. Why are there no signs saying not to chase them? Now I am guilty of chasing pigeons as a child I won't lie and say I'm a saint but as I've gotten older I find it aggravating me. Let me tell you a story. I was sat in the train station (I know, I know a lot of my stories start this way) and I was just watching the world go by. Now to my right is a mother on the phone and with her she has a small daughter. Her daughter decides it would be super duper fun to chase the pigeons around my chair. So what do the pigeons do? They run away of course and flap about. The pigeons flapping about doesn't bother me at all but the little girl does. Here's the thing. This little girl was chasing the pigeons by running at them, kicking towards them and hissing at them. The pigeon obviously ran away because it is sca...

I, like many people, am a sucker for a pretty notebook. Whether that be notepads that show the animals of the London underground or a simple black felt book with some pretty stitching. I feel like I have to commit to these books when I start using them and as you know I am a procrastinator extraordinaire. This means that I have many,many books scattered half filled around my room. I can't tell you the amount of times I've ripped out pages from books to make them fresh again for a new use. As I have said quite a few times by now I'm finally committing to things. Hey if I say it enough times it might come true! For the first time in forever I have some ideas buzzing away in my head for stories and blog posts. I can no longer waste these pretty books by leaving them sat in a drawer and I'm finally putting them to use. I find myself worrying about making mistakes in them, especially when I'm planning stories. Here are some of my brains frequent questions:- Should I ...

I love Halloween. Now I'm from the UK and Halloween is still not as big as in other countries (I'm looking at you US) but it has been gaining popularity these past few years. Supermarkets have started stocking more treats, costumes and decorations and this is very bad for my bank account. I fell in love with Mr Kipling's Witches Hats (aka orange French fancies dyed green) and Cadbury's Creepy Cinder toffee cake bars (cinder toffee is amazing) this year. Now I must confess I hardly ever do anything for Halloween. In fact, I only went trick or treating a handful of times in my childhood so I am not exactly sure where this love came from. Despite my appearance I do love creepy things and there will always be a special place in my heart for Gothic novels and vampires. But hey looks can be deceiving! A few years ago someone said to me 'How can you like that band?! You are wearing knitwear and jeans with dogs on them!' Apparently you can't appreciate heavy ...

I have had no less than 5 drafts sitting on this blog waiting to be unleashed onto the world since I started it. However for one reason or another I never posted them so be prepared for a posting frenzy! Some say that it is quality not quantity that matters and I do believe that is true. Unfortunately though I know if I don't post now I'll never pluck up the courage to! You see I write about things I like and sometimes my fingers scramble across the keys like they are now and make something a little bit messy but ultimately me. (see how long that sentence is?) I look back and I edit and I check and I change and do this and do that and.... Eventually I become so self conscious of my writing that I just never post it. What will people think? Will I sound foolish? I love to write. I have friends who love to write as well. I have friends who are far superior at writing than me. This doesn't stop me writing. My own insecurities stop me sharing it though! What I have ...

Now I am not a professional writer, nor am I even particularly good. However I do enjoy writing and sometimes inspiration does hit and I scribble out a few lines of nonsense. Now my friend Jenn is a writer! She has her own blog  here One of the main differences between me and Jenn (besides her talent) is planning. She has pages upon pages of character notes, plotlines and main events. I, on the other hand, generally have an introduction, an ending line or paragraph and some vague skeletally framed characters. Starting from now I am determined to flesh out my ideas more and actually finish a story! (I have been saying the same thing about my art for years but that's another story) According to my phone I wrote the following short story in 2013 which is when I first got my phone. I can remember writing this laying on my bed one December night whilst QI or something played in the background. This is an example of me just splurging out an idea but I hope you enjoy it. See you soon ...