The King James bible has seven hundred and sixty-three thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven words. Between March the fourth two thousand and two and March the fifth two thousand and two, I read for forty one hours and twenty three minutes. No sleep. No food. I used the toilet twice.
Author Archives: Peter Wyn Mosey
Switching To Green: Ways You Can Help Buck The Climate Change Trend
You cannot turn on the news without hearing about climate change. And, as the mercury rises in the thermometers this summer; new records have been set. Climate change deniers claim that there have always been trends of peaks and troughs when it comes to extremes of temperature. However, it is becoming abundantly clear that we are rapidly hurtling towards a situation where we will see the results of dramatic environmental damage occurring within our lifetime.
Preparing For Your Holiday: Top Tips Before You Travel
Image Credit Holidays can be some of the most exciting times, but they can be the most stressful too. You will probably have been looking forward to getting away all year, and you don’t want one small mistake to ruin everything. With holidays being such a significant expense, we want to get the most enjoymentContinueContinue reading “Preparing For Your Holiday: Top Tips Before You Travel”
4 Top Tips For Recovering From Sporting Injuries
Leading an active lifestyle has loads of great benefits. If you are someone who goes out and lives life to the fullest, you’ll no doubt get lots of exercise and fresh air. You probably have quite an active social circle, as filling your life with activities puts you into contact with all manner of interesting people. Keeping active does wonders for your mental health, too, with a direct reduction in stress through regular exercise.
But what happens when you can’t do this anymore? Having a sporting injury can leave you feeling demoralised, useless, and disconnected. Avoiding hitting a low point can be hard work, and there are a few things that you can do to prevent this from happening.
Word Count
There is no Dewy Decimal system here. These books are not sorted by genre or author. They are not arranged by colour or size. I would never sort anything by date of publication, or date of anything else for that matter.
The Mime Artist
I had been given the keys. I couldn’t play the keys, but I had been given the keys.
From the Depths
Was trawling through through the depths of my writing folder today, looking at half finished scripts and long forgotten ideas that lurk in there. Found these early experiments for Al and Ned’s Balding Fringe promotional stuff.
Sky Edge
Finally, after a very stressful year where life got complicated, Sky Edge is now complete. A deadline helped drastically with letting go of the script, as, if left to my own devices, I might have redrafted the script for an infinite amount of time* (*removing all factors that prohibit my infinite existence or ability to writeContinueContinue reading “Sky Edge”
Sky Edge- Progress
On Saturday, I was fortunate to have the opening on the first draft of my current project read by a great bunch of actors. It was great to hear the characters I have spent the past few months imagining, coming to life. In my last blog post, I was talking about the issues I hadContinueContinue reading “Sky Edge- Progress”
A View From the Edge
These photos are taken from Sky Edge, a small grassy area which overlooks Sheffield. I drove up there for the first time on Sunday. I lived in Sheffield for 5 years, and had never been up there. The view is pretty impressive… I didn’t just go up for the view though… In the 1920s, SkyContinueContinue reading “A View From the Edge”
The Sons of Cain
Risen now, the sons of Cain, Through the slurries of history and open doors of kindness No nature can contain. Risen now, with violent distain. Fearing now no act of god, no judgement, nor, no hand of love to force the stolen refrain. Risen now, foul humanity again. Reasonless, the rancid vultures, ascended now; theContinueContinue reading “The Sons of Cain”
A Long Overdue (Long) Update
I’ve just changed the theme of my page for the third or forth time in a month. A productive waste of time! Each time I have changed the theme, I have thought ‘I should write some blog’, but I never have anything to say! So, I’ll just change the theme on the blog that noContinueContinue reading “A Long Overdue (Long) Update”
Tom and Laura Get Engaged
Tom and Laura Get Engaged Screenplay for a short film It is a perfect day for Tom and Laura, a romantic picnic on the beach proves a great opportunity for Tom to pop the question. Laura is bound to say ‘yes!’. Though, the contents of a seemingly innocent black bin bag prove to be theContinueContinue reading “Tom and Laura Get Engaged”
Three Miles to the Horizon
Here is an excerpt from my current work in progress, feel free to take the time to give me any feedback you may have on this. Thanks. Three Miles to the Horizon I am three miles from the horizon. There are 140 million square miles of ocean on this planet. Saltwater covers 71% of the Earth’s surface.ContinueContinue reading “Three Miles to the Horizon”
Donald Crowhurst in Pictures
*I do not own the copyright for any of these images. Images taken from Google Image Search.
Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty is a piece of art by Robert Smithson. I bring it up here because I am currently half way through the first draft of ‘Three Miles to the Horizon’. Throughout the play, time and space seem to be big themes. Sharon suggested today that I could maybe do some visual research (normally myContinueContinue reading “Spiral Jetty”
iLiKETRAiNS- The Deception
Again, I am looking at how the themes of the Donald Crowhurst story have been used previously. Here is a song from the band iLiKETRAiNS called The Deception, and its lyrics below… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TwvBsoWpQ8] They said it couldn’t be done And so it seems I proved them all wrong In spite of them I have becomeContinueContinue reading “iLiKETRAiNS- The Deception”
The Other Crowhurst’s….
I am aware of two plays which are loosely based on Donald Crowhurst, several songs and a poem. One play, Jet Lag, combines the story of Crowhurst with the story of a mother who has to repeatedly fly from the USA to Amsterdam with her son because of a custody battle with the child’s father. After 160 trips in the spaceContinueContinue reading “The Other Crowhurst’s….”
Teignmouth Electron.
Teignmouth Electron Taken in 1999, this is Donald Crowhurst’s Trimaran ‘Teignmouth Electron’ from Tacita Dean’s work -Disappearance at Sea At 7:50am on 10th July 1969, Teignmouth Electron was found floating, empty, in calm waters in the mid-Atlantic in the shipping lanes between Europe and the Caribbean. The life raft was still lashed in place, thereContinueContinue reading “Teignmouth Electron.”
Donald Crowhurst: Listen To The Silence, Let It Ring On
‘Listen to the silence, let it ring on. Eyes, dark grey lenses frightened of the sun. We would have a fine time living in the night, Left to blind destruction, Waiting for our sight.’ (Joy Division- Transmission) Recently I have been re-watching and reading a lot about the Ian Curtis Biopic Control (2007 dir. AntonContinueContinue reading “Donald Crowhurst: Listen To The Silence, Let It Ring On”