Twelve Ten is a first step an experiment a playground. It’s a space to look at write and talk about the world we live in in all its myriad forms. photo credit: death to stock Editor’s Note Maya It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… So much […]Read Post ›
Twelve Ten is a first step an experiment a playground. It’s a space to look at write and talk about the world we live in in all its myriad forms. Editor’s Note Maya It’s 2018 and there’s a lot of reading to be done. So why not start right now? Here it goes: 2017 was […]Read Post ›
Twelve Ten is a first step an experiment a playground. It’s a space to look at write and talk about the world we live in in all its myriad forms. Editor’s Note Maya It’s writing season! Grab your pens and paper, boot up your notebooks, get to your writing spot (I’m sure […]Read Post ›
Twelve Ten is a first step an experiment a playground. It’s a space to look at write and talk about the world we live in in all its myriad forms. Twelve Ten ist ein Experiment eine Spielwiese in Wort und Schrift in der für Beobachtungen Erfahrungen und Einsichten wie es denn um uns bestellt […]Read Post ›
Practice, Practice, Practice The first thing an (aspiring) writer needs to understand is that writing is a craft. Writing requires diligence, discipline, and continuous practice to perfect. That means regularly writing down the next paragraph of whatever it is you’re working on – whether every Tuesday at two, every day from seven to eight, or every […]Read Post ›
Twelve Ten is a first step an experiment a playground. It’s a space to look at write and talk about the world we live in in all its myriad forms. Twelve Ten ist ein Experiment eine Spielwiese in Wort und Schrift in der für Beobachtungen Erfahrungen und Einsichten wie es denn um uns bestellt […]Read Post ›
“Make up a story… For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.” — Toni […]Read Post ›
This is a longer post. But first, the weather report: It’s 21 °C in this beautiful city and everyone is happy. Decent north-alpine temperatures. The weather has obviously stopped misbehaving. Ice-cream is no longer a must to cool down, which is a pity. There are a lot of tourists and school excursions about, the first […]Read Post ›
This is a longer post. But first, the weather report: It has finally cooled down in this beautiful city. The sky’s grey with clouds crawling along under the blue. People are disoriented. Suddenly, sweaters are needed. Everyone’s mildly in mourning of the hot days now gone. Give it two more days and complaints about the lack […]Read Post ›
It’s been a hot few days in this beautiful city. Baking heat, empty sidewalks, ice cream parlours open day and night. Citizens congregating around splashing fountains, Tourists fanning themselves, looking especially exhausted. The Danube dark and languid, its banks cool havens of peace. Young and old slowing their brisk pace to an easy amble, a […]Read Post ›
