tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4038686228586297259..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Sea StoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69805442873879518892016-02-25T22:06:28.749+00:002016-02-25T22:06:28.749+00:00And I meant to say... 'Mermaid's Tears'...And I meant to say... 'Mermaid's Tears'. Sigh. I love it. <br /><br />xx Eloise Williamshttp://www.eloisewilliams.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4019972508061971292016-02-25T22:04:44.916+00:002016-02-25T22:04:44.916+00:00Wow - I've only just seen that people have res...Wow - I've only just seen that people have responded! How wonderful. Thanks so much for your welcome and your comments. I'm going to make a point of reading all your favourite sea stories and I love the ideas for your own stories too. <br /><br />The seaweed hair is a very vivid image! <br /><br />We get lots of people making jewellery and art with their beach finds here in Saundersfoot. I have been known to buy and wear a few pieces myself. Jewellery that is... not art. <br /><br />Thanks again for replying! Diolch xxEloise Williamshttp://www.eloisewilliams.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-51968615287333138492016-01-27T20:10:22.379+00:002016-01-27T20:10:22.379+00:00Ahhh, so many questions!
Ideas - um, everywhere? ...Ahhh, so many questions!<br /><br />Ideas - um, everywhere? I have notebooks full of interesting words/names/facts, and I use pinterest to keep track of images or webpages that I've come across.<br /><br />Sea - I live by the sea, and I walked home from work along the shoreline the other day after/during a storm. The seaweed was everywhere in thick black piles, and whole tree trunks were scattered across the sand, mixed in with shells, stones, seaglass and bits of flotsam. I collect the tiny bits of seaglass (and agates like carnelian and jasper) and put them in little glass bottles to make pendants with.<br /><br />Favourite sea story - I like Michael Morpurgo's sea books, like Kensuke's Kingdom and Why the Whales Came. Also The Summer Book by Tove Jansson.<br /><br />Sea writing - While holidaying in a small cottage by the sea on the island of Arran, I went for long walks along the bottom of the cliffs, and wanted to write a story about a boy collecting driftwood who finds a strange, almost drowned woman washed up on the rocky shore. I only ever got as far as him seeing her hair and realising with a jolt that it was hair, not seaweed, but just that one image is very vivid to me.Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73268975104338617092016-01-26T16:35:47.832+00:002016-01-26T16:35:47.832+00:00How nice to think of blue seas, beaches and sea gl...How nice to think of blue seas, beaches and sea glass on a grey, wintry day with the rain beating at the windows - and about two hours inland from the shore. Thanks for this inspiring post, Eloise, and welcome. Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-52888239820988422902016-01-26T10:14:23.160+00:002016-01-26T10:14:23.160+00:00Lovely post, Eloise! I'm fascinated by sea gla...Lovely post, Eloise! I'm fascinated by sea glass - someone told me pieces of sea glass are called 'mermaids' tears', and I've written a story (unpublished) for adults called that. Also love Sharon Tregenza's book, not least for the pervading presence of the sea, and for the same reason, I loved Marie-Louise Jensen's book, 'Between Two Seas'.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-72654028968276228642016-01-26T10:13:52.205+00:002016-01-26T10:13:52.205+00:00Ah, lovely post, Eloise. And you mentioned The Shi...Ah, lovely post, Eloise. And you mentioned The Shiver Stone. Thank you so much. xSharon Tregenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416280455028255181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-88879315395885092222016-01-26T09:11:03.213+00:002016-01-26T09:11:03.213+00:00Welcome Eloise!
Books about the sea...I always ...Welcome Eloise! <br /><br />Books about the sea...I always loved My Family and Other Animals, not least for the way they were always swimming and boating in the glorious waters off Corfu.<br /><br />And then there's Liz Kessler's fabulous mermaid stories (Liz is another ABBA poster).<br /><br />I will definitely be seeking out these titles.Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.com