catatonic

[kat-uh-ton-ik]  

• Examples

adjective

1.

having catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor:

The schizophrenic remained in a catatonic state.

2.

appearing to be in a daze or stupor; unresponsive:

She had the catatonic expression of an avant-garde model.

noun

3.

a person who suffers from catatonia.

Out of Balance

It's time to update the blog. A month or so back I won my local library's Children's Book Week Competition, not a huge prize, but it encouraged me to dust off an old project I started ages ago, a look at that old stereotype that elephants are scared of mice. I take it to its illogical conclusion and attempt a story that combines deep seated prejudices with elephant jokes. In a few weeks, I might send something off to a few publishers to see if we can do business. I don't know if anything will come of it, but I'll never know if I don't give it a go!