Loveday Writing

Write down ten wonderful new insulting names for future enemies you might make** 1. The steaming pustule 2. The daft fleabag 3. The useless tool 4. The roadkill king/queen 5. The rotten maggot 6. The flaming garbage bag 7. The heartless leech 8. The rotting pimple of a man/woman 9. The disgusting cockroach 10. The pathetic twig of a man/woman

Write your own ‘odd one out’ questions and answer them e.g. popcorn, Queensland, fear, magazine. What’s the odd one out and why?** What’s the odd one out? 1. Yellow, Red, Blue, Green 2. France, Italy, Germany, Brazil 3. New Idea, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, the Sydney Morning Herald 4. Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania 5. Ketchup, Basil, Mayonnaise,

Suggest five laws a caveman would need for his family** 1. Sticks, stones and bones are only to be used as weapons against animals or caveman who try to hurt us. 2. The family moves where the food happens to be. 3. Cave paintings are only for communicating. 4. Weapons are only to be used by adults. 5. No going

What’s the most recent advice your parents gave you? What’s the best advice they ever gave you? The worst?** The most recent advice my parents gave me was to take some time off on top of the usual Christmas break to have a holiday. The best advice they ever gave me was to apply to uni. I can’t think of

If you had to move, where would you like to live and why?** If I had to move I would like to live in Brisbane due to its constantly warm-to-hot weather, friendly atmosphere, as well as having almost everything to offer nature-wise (being near islands, rivers, national parks and beaches). I would also like to live in Brisbane as I

‘Summer afternoon–summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.’ (Henry James) What’s your favourite pair of words?** My favourite pair of words would have to be ‘mutually exclusive’ because it took me a while to wrap my head around the meaning of these words or phrase, that and they make me

List ten uses for dead batteries** 1. Use as part of an artwork 2. Use as part of a joule heist 3. Use in a wireless computer mouse 4. Use to power emergency lighting 5. Use in low voltage items such as wall clocks or remotes 6. Part of a weapon (not something I personally recommend or would do, it’s

List the world’s six most expensive sandwich fillings** 1. Wagyu beef 2. Matsusake mushrooms 3. Beluga caviar 4. Bluefin tuna 5. Pule cheese 6. Saffron (to provide flavour)   **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.