Normblog
October 7, 2008
So in a twist of fate, I’m blogging over on Writer’s Choice at Normblog today. Now, I was thrilled but also gobsmacked when I was invited to blog on Normblog. Norm is Sir Norman Geras, the ‘renowned left wing academic’.
Some of the other posts are about Beethoven, the Deepening Crisis in Zimbabwe and Germaine Greer, Janis Joplin and freedom. And my contribution?
Phillipa Ashley on writing and reading romance.
I am off to hide in a deep dark hole for the rest of the week.
You know, with my double whammy of nonexistent self-esteem this morning, I don’t believe I ever got over getting into Oxford by mistake. I took my daughter back to uni at the weekend and the sight of the Freshers arriving had my stomach turning again. My daughter is confident, happy and very much at home. Unlike me. I was only just 18, had never been away from home, was self conscious about my strong regional accent and arrived at this Hogwarts-esque stately home type college, completely terrified and utterly homesick. But I stuck it out and now I dearly love the place. I suppose that ought to be a lesson to me…
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