Savagely Speaking

Hello, everybody! I’m going to be posting a new article. They won’t always be reviews, but today’s post is going to be a bit of a review. Enjoy! To start off, I just wanted to say that I’ve been doing a lot of reading. For a few years, I lost my reading groove – but I believe its back and I have dived into a whole new world of reading. I’ve regained the ability to empathise with characters and be immersed in story-lines. And I have to say, Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series has had me immersed to the point of distraction. It’s inspired a bit of writing in me, it’s brought out the political and social analyst in me and it’s created a whole new level of imagination for me. Needless to say, it’s amazing. Now, The Witcher is better known as a video game series, the latest of the instalments being The WItcher 3: Wild Hunt , but it is one of the few games that was originally inspired by a book series. Usually video game companies come out with books a few years after releasing game...

So, we all know that writers are a bit unlevel. You know, off-kilter. OK, we're batshit crazy! But, there are more of us than you think. Lots of people have a need to tell their story, no matter if it's in a voluminous multi-edition series of works, or just standing by the water cooler. It's been this way since the first man stood up and did something. Even if all he did was to throw a rock, he needed to tell others about it. This carries over, through thousands of years of negative thoughts on writing. People don't want to write for fear it isn't going to be "good enough". Ummm, good enough for who...or is it whom? Doesn't matter, the answer is... I don't know. I write because I have stories that demand to be told. Writers have what they call muses. It's just another fancy name for the voices in their heads, but if they admitted to hearing voices in their heads, they would be labeled as crazy and not just eccentric. Maybe, you migh...

Well, it's now day 6 of my man-flu siege. Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, burning eyes...I have it all. If I were a character on The Walking Dead, I would want to know where Carol is at all times! But what exactly is a man-flu? Be prepared, because what I'm about to tell you isn't pretty at all. In fact, it's horrifying! Man-flu is a debilitating disorder that indiscriminately strikes down male members of the human species. It attacks suddenly, without any type of warning. The illness is often referred to unfairly by females of the species who are in fact immune from the illness as the common cold. If you have it, you know there is nothing common about it! Each case is as individual as its victim. If man-flu is kind enough not to kill the infected party, it will absolutely leave him weak, sick, hurting everywhere and in dire need of affection. Because man-flu only strikes the XY chromosome, women are completely immune to it. This makes them the perfect car...