Category: English

  • #sundaystory: Sparrow

    The first sundaystory I’ve written in October 2014, hope you like it. The information given was: a) English b) Sparrow c) church, beer, Frankenstein d) dramatic dedicated to Tammy Frank sat in his office organizing the upcoming appointments when his secretary Susie entered to bring him coffee. “Thanks, Susie. So, what’s the plan for today?”…

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  • FAQ Friday: What makes modelling so interesting?

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Editing: Dave Greensmith I really like to perform different facets in front of the camera, because this is what it really is: a performance. It can be a performance of a role, therefore a character, or the performance of a facet that is inherent in oneself.…

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  • How to stay creative Tipp #3

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Keep your workplace tidy! Sounds logical, is logical. Sometimes you can have so much chaos in your head, and then it helps to restore the outward order and then dedicate yourself to putting order into the internal chaos. I also heard people saying that they don’t mind when…

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  • Can we ever make it right? Against constant blaming and shaming

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Editing: No bilis It is noon. Coffee break. I’m scrolling through Facebook. In the newsfeed: a friend liked this photo. The picture shows a German TV hostess. She wears an outfit consisting of a jeans blouse and jeans trousers in the 70’s style, you know, a…

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  • Sneak Peek into Labelled Love: Kiss me, Jonny!

    This story was written before I had collected all the stories for my book, even before I started structuring and writing the book. But the moment it was ready I knew it had to become part of it. And so it is now a chapter that you can find in Labelled Love. You can still…

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  • Ruhr Valley Love

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar I promised a friend of mine to publish this poem after having relaunched my blog. The background story: She moved away to work in another city. This poem was a farewell gift, so that she wouldn’t forget us. It is still hanging on the wall in her living…

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  • Welcome to the Relaunch of my Blog!

    Dieser Eintrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar My dears, welcome to ginalaventura.com. As it is sometimes time to tidy up, clear out, re-accessorize and to decorate at home, so it is the case with the virtual space you call your own as well. So I welcome you to my freshly refurbished, decorated and restructured blog.…

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  • Book recommendation: The English Patient

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Sometimes you are forced to read a book, in school, in university or by a friend who dearly wants you to read it so that they have someone they can share their reading experience with. This was how it was with me and The English Patient, because I…

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  • Sex sells

    Being a female author I somehow managed to write this bestseller containing bits and pieces like “I was lying in bed in our shared flat, reading a book, when somebody knocked at my door. I answered with a “yes” and my housemate Trish sneaked in. She was in her nearly see-through nightdress. With her very…

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  • Make-up Tipps

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Whether you want to prepare for a photo shooting or for a night out where you know that photos are going to be taken or you just want to collect some inspiration, here I am going to talk about what I have been doing for round about 6…

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  • Goat Cheese Rocket Muffins

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar. Today another recipe. This time: Goat Cheese – Rocket – Muffins The perfect snack for a party 🙂 You need: 100g butter 250g flour 2 teaspoons of baking powder 50g rocket 1 small onion 250g goat cheese (I tend to take the one that looks like Geramont and…

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  • Raindrops in my Coffee

    Dieser Eintrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Editing: Ralph Wietek Normally I don’t like to publish unfinished stories, but I guess, even unfinished stories have a charming character, eh? This night I woke up from a noise. It was a moaning and it got louder and louder. Being in this state of half…

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  • Familiar Face

    Photo & Editing: Ralph Wietek Familiar Face And I’m looking around searching for a familiar face, but there’s no face to know, no one to recognize, ‘cause I’m a stranger and I’m lost in space. I’m not part of this world, I don’t belong in this environment and still I’m searching for something familiar, a…

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  • Sneak Peek into my Book: Intro

    Today I’ll give you a little sneak peak into my book Labelled Love which I published this year. It is available on amazon as paperback and as kindle version. Intro Something old, something new, Something borrowed, something blue A blue book. Some stories might seem quite familiar or old to you, others new. Some of…

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  • Do you think you ever thought a thought

    Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Do you think you ever thought a thought that nobody else thought before? That even never was thought of before in the whole history of our mankind? Do you think you ever had an idea nobody else had before? Might there really be anything entering your mind which…

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