I know, it was eons ago … but needs must and work comes first. One day …
There was a genuine look of shock on Stevie’s face, I don’t know why – it was clear from the first audition he was the one to beat. Wasn’t it? Lucy ran him close though, with Sasha and Emmanuel also putting in strong performances to make a high quality final.
Because we know what’s coming. And it ain’t just Winter.
Having voraciously read my way through the five books – and then started on the books about the books – over the past few months, I accept that I’ll probably be buying the DVD box set before the last two books are actually published. (I haven’t succumbed to the Sky monster).
With Facebook throttling the organic reach of posts so that very few (approx. 15%) of those who’ve liked a page will actually see them, are paid ads the only way to go?
There are certain benefits:
You do need to spend money to be widely discovered – but then you need to bear in mind that the more ‘likes’ your page has (50k plus) the more FB will throttle, bizarrely.
So promote to a specific and targeted audience, define your goals and approach, and remember, quality not quantity, always. (And don’t forget to end the campaign – Facebook will continue to collect payment!)
Time for tea, and a schmoozy through some fun stuff …
Technology: Fifteen of the most advanced robots ever invented (video) I’m quite keen on the PR2 – and I checked the date to make sure it wasn’t an April Fool prank!
Literary Art: Graffiti artists’ tributes to Sir Terry Pratchett
And in related news – How you can tell if you’re in an STP novel. Carry on down and read the comments, there are plenty more ways.
The final tonight looks a close – and varied – affair, with the rockiness of Stevie versus the soul of Sasha, the classical Lucy, and the rocky soul of Emmanuel.
OBE
The Spying Room at the Morpeth Arms
The view of MI6 HQ from The Spying Room in the Morpeth Arms
Indigo eyes of the exterminating angel
Forewarn of potential danger
A wreath of barbs in the tear garden
Create a fiendish tangle
Her grimy soul in isolation
Catches rain within her hands
Weeping song drips through her fingers
And sings a note of salvation
Pity their ignorance in the joy of diversity
Forgive their joy in the pursuit of bigotry
Refuse to kow tow to conformity
The Reaper will have her revenge.
This is a new piece of artwork by Richard Jefferies in his Goth on My Keyboard series.
After contributing poems responding to Richard’s wonderful character for his Goth on My Keyboard charity book, Richard produced a new image for a reading I gave at a Seasonally Effected evening. The result was the Reaper poem above, which doesn’t appear in the book.
If you’d like to contribute to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, you can find a link to the book in my original blog post here, which gives you more information on the charity.
Jaye Nolan 