Romancing the Genres

 

Hi, I'm Pippa Jay, author of sci-fi and supernatural stories to engage your emotions. And I have three of my favourite quotes to share with you. See if you can spot where they come from.

1. Do or do not. There is no try.

I'm not even sure why I like this because I'm not sure it's true - at least, not for everyone. I think it's more about having faith in yourself at being able to achieve something eventually even if it takes several failures, rather than an absolute. Sometimes you have to try and fail. As someone who learns by doing rather than reading instructions (I would totally be the one who pushes the big red button) I guess I really am a 'do or do not' at heart while feeling this is a bit harsh on those who try. I think I just contradicted myself!

2. Never give up! Never surrender!

I've always considered my stubbornness a positive trait because it's given me the strength never to give up even when I want to. However, it does mean persisting past the point where it might be the wiser option, lol. Surprisingly, it doesn't make me incapable of changing my mind, although having to change my plans is incredibly painful.

3. Don't Panic. 

This was never a piece of advice I could follow despite the sense in it. However, I have developed a very good mask to dealing with things eg when my youngest split his head open in an argument with an automatic door and my daughter was screaming, my husband panicking, and my child crying his eyes out. While I might have been completely freaking out internally, I calmly sat him down and held the wound closed having dispatched my husband to locate a member of staff to get a first aider and talking my daughter back down. Only after returning from A&E and some surgical glue did I spend a quiet ten minutes alone in a corner until the shakes had passed. What's the saying? If you can keep your head wile those about youare losing theirs...?

Anyway, hope you had some fun trying to figure out where those three came from - gold star if you get all three!