O
nce upon a time, in a far off
land, there was a reasonably
well-known writer and
editor, who may or may not go by the
pseudonym of Lois Lane.
LOIS LANE
LIVES:
THE
COWARDLY
LION, THE
WITCH,
AND A VERY
LARGE
WARDROBE
Kate Matheson
60
GLOSS JUNE 2015
It could be touted that by writing under
said pseudonym she was displaying a
slight lack of courage to start with; but
in fact it’s a tribute to the gutsy go-get’em attitude of the original LL that
inspired this writer a long time ago,
and is in fact one of the reasons she
is writing professionally today, so boo
sucks to this malarkey.
However.
It cannot be denied that at this present
moment in time, Mrs Lane-Kent is
feeling a distinct lack of... what would be
the right word for it, she ponders, busily
looking up her handy Googlesaurus.
Pluck? Bravery? Spirit? Valour? Nerve?
Daring? Audacity?
If you put these in a quiz and had the
option of ‘currently lacking courage, or
all of the above, and is at this present
moment hiding behind the doona covers
in the linen closet’ You would be pretty much spot on.
I like to think that on a day to day basis,
this Girl Reporter doesn’t lack a bit of
grit and derring-do. When it comes to
standing up for others, I am usually busy
making sure nobody hurts my friends,
relatives, cat, or the bloke who just
happened to wander past when I was