Trying something a little different today with the publication of a short story I wrote for university last year. The resulting grade of Distinction has given me the confidence to put it on the world wide web. I suspect the high mark was less for my writing and more for how I effectively displayed the power … Continue reading BIRTH DAYS
Thank you very much to thefilm.blog for the Nomination! Bit of fun so here goes! The Mystery Blogger Award was created by the wonderful Okoto Enigma, who I’m sure we can all agree can describe the award better in her own words, than I ever could, so without further ado: “The “Mystery Blogger Award” is an … Continue reading THE MYSTERY BLOGGER AWARD NOMINATION
This post is the concluding chapter to my best hit adverts from earlier in 2016, which every four months would track changing statistics. First up the United States of America had the most views this year taking over Australia’s lead from the year previous. British views also saw a sharp uptick almost knocking Australia into … Continue reading THE YEAR THAT WAS 2016 ON LLOYD MARKEN WORDPRESS
This is just a quick stocktake for the second quarter of the year to see where we stand heading into the last third of the year. Think of it as less a self-congratulatory pat on the back and more a shameless plug for previous posts. Consistently most of my views come from the USA ( … Continue reading SOME STATS FROM 2016
I studied in the Creative Industries and like a lot who do it is not now where I work. A few years ago my sister who blogs suggested I should too. I guess to have a creative outlet and maybe to practice my craft and build a portfolio. Sadly I don’t think I’ve really become … Continue reading The Year of Blogging Dangerously
Every year the charity Lifeline has an event where they sell old books at the Brisbane Convention Centre. The Lifeline Bookfest “is the biggest fundraising event that supports the 24 hour Lifeline 13 11 14 Crisis Support Line. This life-saving service offers suicide prevention and bereavement support over the telephone as well as family and crisis support … Continue reading MY NAME IS MAURICE MICKLEWHITE, NOW THERE’S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW THAT
First be warned this is a spoiler heavy musing of the new Star Wars movie. For a spoiler free review from me please check out my link here. Also a much more succinct discussion of spoiler topics can be found here from a much wiser man than me. Quite possibly the most heavily hyped film … Continue reading STAR WARS HAS RETURNED TO CINEMAS AND OUR HEARTS
Richard Curtis was recently on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The two of them go back a bit to when Ferguson was large alcoholic comedian and Curtis was the writer of the Blackadder and Mr Bean TV series. Surprisingly their patter was strained. Ferguson made jokes at his own expense about times … Continue reading The Absurdly Appropriately Titled ‘About Time’
