The Alice Affair

About the Blog This is a blog about all things Alice, constructed by Sally Odgers, winner of the 2018 Alice Award. My home page is at https://sallybyname.weebly.com where you'll find the gateway to my maze of websites and blogs. You can contact me in the comments section of this blog, or via the details given at my home page. Several years ago, I teamed up with an English poet whom I knew as MercurySeven. He was a young man and I was a middle-aged woman, but we both frequented a particular writing site and we shared a fascination for science fiction, steampunk themes and metrical verse. Just for fun, we wrote a series of poems based on a particular Time Machine. We loosely took it in turns to take the TM for a spin. One of my pieces was called Alice in Time. It's years since I collaborated with Merc but I hope he's happy and writing up a storm. Alice in the time machine is running out of reasons   Careering her career path and sampling the seasons   Returning u

My friend Goldie Alexander has a pertinent Alice-related comment. When I think of ‘Alice’ I usually think of falling into a rabbit hole. Or shrinking and growing as a result of ‘outrageous fortune’. ‘Alice’ is an excellent metaphor for  the acceptance or non-acceptance of our creativity. From Goldie Alexander who knows all about Alice and rabbit holes.   Details of her latest  work ‘Shakespeare Now!’ can be found on   www.goldiealexander.com . https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-shakespeare-now About the Blog This is a blog about all things Alice, constructed by Sally Odgers, winner of the 2018 Alice Award. My home page is at https://sallybyname.weebly.com where you'll find the gateway to my maze of websites and blogs. You can contact me in the comments section of this blog, or via the details given at my home page.