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Big Tick
Woop! Tickets for the Edinburgh Book Festival went on sale yesterday, and while I started out 606th in the online queue (the stress!), I managed to get tickets for the Celebration of Iain Banks, the...
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Ding Dong
Is it just me, or does that bell look like any of the following: Turnip Upside-down ice cream cone Madonna’s you-know-wotsit No? Just me then. Don’t be put off by the cover; here’s the synop: Sylas...
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That Is The Question
Writeclub is in (checks watch) FIVE minutes! Follow @Frinightwrites to join in the fun. I always get a lot done during writeclub, thanks to the online support and upbeat choons pumping out my stereo....
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Time To Sit Back And Unwind
GET IN, SON! Ahem. So yeah, Andy won the tennis. We’re all rather pleased. Nothing more inspiring than witnessing sporting history. (Also, thank you Wimbledon camera crew for zooming in on Gerard...
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Splish Splash Splosh
Neil Gaiman (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What. A. Dude. Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone,...
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More Haste, Less Speed (and Fewer F***ups)
I have onion breath. Naturally, the first day I make salad is the first day this month it’s not been hot and sunny. So I’m cold and onion-y, but the salad was damn tasty, and I’ll make it again no...
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Ook?
I talked a couple of posts ago about Neil Gaiman, and how his latest book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, is beautiful in its simplicity. The language is nothing fancy, but somehow Gaiman weaves...
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Poz 4 Thot
Good GRIEF! I am up to my eyes in it just now. I have little more than a week to get my MS scrubbed up for CPs, and today I read the whole thing on the kindle for the first time. Oh dear. Oh dear oh...
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Georgey Boy
So the royal baby has a name. To be honest, they had about five names to choose from, so I’m surprised it took so long… Source:...
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E’s Difficult
Source: http://adoscobblestoneblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/welcoming-you-to-fawlty-towers.html While wading through edits (if 1 is abominable and 10 is tolerable, my current MS is a solid 2.5 with...
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Nae chuffed!
Imagine a country that is happy to teach just about every language in addition to English, except the one native to the land and spoken by many? Imagine a country where some are embarrassed of their...
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Sic As A Dog
Libraries! Source: http://bookriot.com/2013/01/23/great-library-scenes-in-film/ Every tax payer should be happy to support and fund public libraries, so I believe anyway. Money should never be a...
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One Wife, Two Wife, Three Wife, Four…
I’m pretty behind the times. I only signed up to Twitter a year ago, I’ve never played Candy Crush, and I’m only now watching the Tudors. I can’t decide if the only things I like are the opening theme...
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The Crazy Month
Festival time! Source: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/scotland/edinburgh/travel-tips-and-articles/77311 Every year, Edinburgh is transformed in the month of August. I mean transformed. We’re a dinky...
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Daily Dabbling
I’ve been watching Lauren Oliver’s ‘Ask Lauren’ vids. I think she’s a brilliant author, and I love the insight into her writing life. You know she wrote the majority of her first book on her...
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Smart Cookies
I am loving the Edinburgh book festival – great atmosphere, good coffee, and comfy deckchairs (although my lower back might not thank me in the long run!) If I had a library (and spare cash) I’d come...
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Crickety Crack
Wrists: the gateway to pain. Weak, pitiful things, pathetic and flimsy and easily snapped. Fingers! Wiry wee sausages, with the strength of a kitten. I’ve had RSI folks, and it’s not fun. It feels...
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Sleekit and Sneakit
We all have our heroes, and one of mine is Maggie Stiefvater. I admire her for many reasons: English: Author Maggie Stiefvater. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Her books are awesome She drives cool cars She...
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Snoozy Time
I’m taking a break from blogging to focus on my WIP, but I hate it when you go on a blog and it just ends abruptly, so here is Garfield. Garfield is wise, folks. Tatty-bye for now!
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Time To Sit Back And Unwind
GET IN, SON! Ahem. So yeah, Andy won the tennis. We’re all rather pleased. Nothing more inspiring than witnessing sporting history. (Also, thank you Wimbledon camera crew for zooming in on Gerard...
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