Author Archives: Rach Loveday

Disney Era Analysis – The Jungle Book

As mentioned in the first blog post in this series, I’ll be writing analysis content on all 60+ Disney animated feature films and their film making eras. The third era is the Silver Age, which ran from 1950 to 1967 and started with Cinderella. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Silver Age is also known as the “restoration age,” as the films

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My Life is Murder – Season 4, Episode 3 (Location, Location, Location)

This episode was all about a murder at a “haunted” house. The episode kicks off with Alexa meeting up with Harry after getting kicked out of an outdoor boxing class and getting the case of the week – a real estate agent, Payton Green, who was found dead in the pool of a 100-year-old home, although the autopsy showed a

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My Life is Murder – Season 4, Episode 2 (Tough Love)

This episode is all about tennis and Alexa possibly meeting her match (and competitor). Alexa meets up with Harry to be assigned the case of the week – Griff Springfield, a tennis pro and coach at the Kingston Racquet Club, who was found dead on the court, killed by a malfunctioning ball launcher. He was found by Callum Armstrong, the

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My Life is Murder – Season 4 Premiere (To Dye For)

This season premiere was all about hair, gossip, and betrayal…and of course, murder. The episode kicks off with Alexa meeting up with Harry and getting the case of the week – Lulu Vandervorn, a rich, socialite divorcee found dead on a nudist beach. She was dressed to go to a perfume launch party. The coroner ruled her cause of death

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Furious Fiction – June 2024

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2024 short story competition was as follows: *** Teacher’s Pet I’ve been Cindy’s teacher since kindergarten. She’d always been such a good girl: polite, eager to please, conscientious, smart. But now she’s a teenager. She’s rebelling at the moment: talks back, smokes, hangs out with a bad crowd, and is sending

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John Marsden Writing Topic #547

Write a conversation which consists entirely of questions** Centre of Attention “Why did you have to steal my thunder, Maggie?!” “I didn’t steal your thunder at all, Esther! Why would you say that?” “Why would you choose my wedding day to announce your pregnancy and make my day all about you?!” “Why not? You’re my best friend, aren’t you happy

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Furious Fiction – April 2024

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – April 2024 short story competition was as follows: *** Centre of Attention “Why did you have to steal my thunder, Maggie?!” “I didn’t steal your thunder at all, Esther! Why would you say that?” “Why would you choose my wedding day to announce your pregnancy and make my day all about you?!”

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Conqueror Virtual Challenge – Kruger

In earlier blog posts, I talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run challenge, the Conqueror Virtual Challenges, as well as my completion of the following challenges: I have since completed my twenty-fourth Conqueror Virtual Challenge, Kruger. The Kruger Virtual Challenge takes participants on a route “across one of the largest natural wildlife reserves in South

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Disney Era Analysis – The Sword and the Stone

As mentioned in the first blog post in this series, I’ll be writing analysis content on all 60+ Disney animated feature films and their film making eras. The third era is the Silver Age, which ran from 1950 to 1967 and started with Cinderella. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Silver Age is also known as the “restoration age,” as the films

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