The adventures of Loki ~ in Norway

A month ago this week myself (& Lego Loki @loki_lego ) were in Norway visiting awesome Norwegian writer and friend @ingridlanghelle <3

Here's what Loki got up to :)

Hanging about in the forest in Bokn

That looks like a tree struck by lightning... and where there's lightning there's thunder, and where's there's thunder there's Thor :p

Loki insists he broke the tree all by himself ;)

At the opening to Hel. Ragnarok has started...

In Avaldsnes ~ a site continuously settled for more than 10,000 years, the oldest royal seat in Norway (King Harald Fairhair 870AD) and controller of the North shipping channel "Nordvegan" (North Way) from where Norway gets its name. It is said that Odin, father of Loki, visited Avaldsnes.

Loki in charge of a viking ship

Loki has his own Lego Loki size house :D

Loki on the beach

 

In the city of Haugesund Loki discovers Middle Earth treasures!

The sword now belongs to Loki. Hmm what other precious treasures might he find...

Loki has the ring! Yep that's it. The world is doomed saved!

Loki on his throne ruling over Middle Earth

 

Loki with a troll in Midgard (this is literally the real Middle Earth!). Loki rules over all. 

 

Yes even dogs :p

Farewell Norway. It was fun! More adventures with Loki planned. Loki is going to travel the world :)

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Did you enjoy Loki's adventures?
Do you have your own Lego Loki? Has he been on adventures too? Share your stories/blog links in the comments.

A New Place to Live and Write

The last 6 months have brought a lot of changes. I've finished university, become self-employed and very recently moved to another flat, in an area of London I've never lived in before. Life changes are stressful but to be honest I was getting stuck in a rut, going to the same places and having almost the same day over and over. Variety is good. This is a new start and a new year. Somewhere different to experience is going to be great for creative inspiration and motivation.

I've spent the last week or so exploring the new area I live in. New streets, new (book)shops, new community... and new coffee shops to discover and write in. *Shout out to Costa Coffee on Finchley Road* As well as being able to relax on a sofa and people watch from a seat by the window, my favourite thing about this coffee shop is the art on the wall. Italy and table football. Perfect inspiration for me :) I think this is a coffee shop I'm going to be visiting regularly!

My New Years Resolutions

It's a new year and this is the first blog post on my new blog. Hello!

As everyone does this time of year, I'm going to start with my New Years Resolutions. I think that New Years Resolutions that include doing something on a daily basis are doomed to fail. My resolutions are weekly or monthly to make them more achievable and there is still time to catch up if I get behind!

* With all the required reading I had to do as part of my degree, including non fiction books and analysing almost every novel I read, this year I want to read more fiction. I want to read for fun, not to study or because I have to. I want to enjoy reading again. I have set myself a reading challenge on www.goodreads.com of 52 books in 2015. I hope to read even more than this. The 2 books that Goodreads says that I've read this year I actually read over Christmas. To make it fun I have set up a reading challenge on the blog for anyone who wants to join me --> here!

* I want to finish writing the first draft of my debut novel. I'm not aiming for so many words per day or week.

* I plan to enter 1 writing competition a month. These may be flash fiction, short stories, novel chapters, scripts or plays. This gives me something regular to work on and a feeling of accomplishment just by entering. If I win anything that's a bonus :)

* This is probably a bit of a contradiction to the first resolution but I want to work on my screenwriting more and therefore read and study more screenplays. I'm going to aim to read 1 screenplay a month to make this easy to achieve.

* I'd like to edit/rewrite the short film scripts I've already written to a final draft/complete stage and get at least 1 made into a film.

* I'd like to edit/rewrite the short plays I've already written and get at least 1 play performed.

* I love live music but I didn't get to go to as many gigs last year as I was hoping to. This year I want to improve on last year.

* I love watching films, whether at home online/on dvd or at the cinema. I missed many films at the cinema this year, mainly due to study commitments. I want to go to the cinema more this year. At midnight on New Years Eve I was at the cinema (The Hunger Games; Mockingjay part 1) and I went to the cinema again on the 1st January in the evening (The Theory of Everything). I'm starting 2015 in the right way!

* Ditto Theatre.

* When I moved to London 5 and a half years ago I took so many photos and I really enjoyed it. Over the last couple of years this dwindled to hardly taking any and it's something I miss doing, I rarely use more than 2 or 3 settings on my camera and I'd like to learn to use every setting and experiment with photography more,

* Be more creative and go to more events. Writing, photography, embroidery, art etc. Go to more art galleries and photography exhibitions. Go to more book events.

* Get better at tech stuff - Photoshop, HTML, Windows Live Movie Maker.


What are your New Years Resolutions?



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