02 January 2010 - Stephen Fry - A Room of His Own

By Jayne Joso on 02 January 2010 at 20:20:29

Stephen Fry, arguably Britain’s most valuable National Treasure, has announced he is taking a break... and what is so remarkable about this, is that whilst most of us like, if we can, to take a break from work, Mr Fry is taking a break from work in order to... work, yes... you read that correctly, he has announced that he will cut down considerably on the innumerous calls on his time, and withdraw from the world of social networking sites... most noticeably missed on Twitter I expect, in order to work on his autobiography. A change isn’t often as good as a rest, I find... for I do indeed need actual rest quite as much as change (nice though that is), so I take my big black hat off to him, and like his many adoring fans, warmly await said autobiography. And for all those feeling bereft on Twitter, remember, absence makes the heart grow fonder... there’ll eventually be a grand text to read to compensate for the lack of lovely tweets, ‘lush!’.

Virginia Woolf’s work ‘A Room of One's Own’ offers her own personal insight into the requirements of women writers in order to write, and in order to write well... worth taking a look, whether a writer or reader.

Though, less missed, I too will be blogfree awhile, there’s a new novel to be finished ... ‘Perfect Architect’ - requirements: room of my own, space, quiet... lack of distraction... and plenty of tea.

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