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A collective of bibliophiles talking about books. Book Fox (vulpes libris): small bibliovorous mammal of overactive imagination and uncommonly large bookshop expenses. Habitat: anywhere the rustle of pages can be heard. Rivers of London. Body Work. Adichie, Chimimanda Ngozi:. Review by Sam Ruddock). The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds. Review by Sam Ruddock). Elizabeth: The Golden Age. A Treasury of Regrets. A Mile of River. Anderson, M T:. Chronicon Anonymi Cantuariensis 1346-1365. Diary of ...

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Strictly Writing: You, Me and Other People - Fionnuala Kearney

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Saturday, 25 July 2015. You, Me and Other People - Fionnuala Kearney. The Strictly Writing family is spread far and wide. Like all families we trade opinions, offer support and celebrate one another's successes. We don't send socks at Christmas though. Hello again, Fionnuala. Do you have a set routine for writing, or a favourite time and place? I work from my study at home, which is the smallest bedroom upstairs. I work surrounded with pictures and notebooks and I face the front garden so have a view...

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1. Hitting Rock Bottom | Strength Through Adversity

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1 Hitting Rock Bottom. By darrenedwards / Dec 11, 2016 / 14 Comments. I didn’t know. Getting out into the mountains always gave me the chance to be alone with my thoughts, or at least to distract myself from the concerns of that particular moment. Unbeknown to me, the events of August 6. Would play a pivotal role in defining my immediate future. Another 30 minutes or so elapsed until the HM Coastguard helicopter arrived on scene, the slowest 30 minutes of my life. I remember that it was at this stage...

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8220;Meaning to do no more than skim, I found myself still there an hour later, guzzling the stories one by one like sweets in childhood.”. Good sites about books and authors (and who've been kind to me) are:. For everything about books by Kate Long. Rob Mimpriss, the short story writer. For details of sculptor Irene Gunston's work. Because both make me smile. 2013 www.geewilliams.info.

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Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton | Vulpes Libris

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A collective of bibliophiles talking about books. Book Fox (vulpes libris): small bibliovorous mammal of overactive imagination and uncommonly large bookshop expenses. Habitat: anywhere the rustle of pages can be heard. Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton. Review by Caoimhe McCutcheon. Cry, the Beloved Country. Cry, the Beloved Country. Scribner, 316 pp., ISBN 978-0684818948. 9 comments on “ Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton. May 6, 2009. May 6, 2009. May 6, 2009. I feel that you are hitting th...

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The adverb fights back | barbara lorna hudson

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Academic retiree re-invented as fiction writer. The adverb fights back. February 3, 2015. Middot; by barbarahudson2012. Middot; in writing and story telling. Middot; 3 Comments. This was the second time I’d been to a Richard Skinner workshop, and the second time I’ve heard him say that at Faber they reject any submission that has an adverb on the first page. Here is a piece of not very scientific research based on the first pages of novels I have on my Kindle. 0 adverbs on first page:. By Sarah Waters,.

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Latest Closing Lines from WIP… | Writing About Writing - Antonia Bloom's Services

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Writing About Writing – Antonia Bloom's Services. I offer a comprehensive COPY-EDITING/CRITIQUE service. Send your query via comment forms at end of posts. Latest Closing Lines from WIP…. As he groaned and grunted deep in sleep, Susie stood over him. He looked different, as though the skin on his face had been stretched to fit. Yet, he was the same even after all these years, though that could be because she was scrutinising every groove in that strange, oily pitted face. Was she safe in the house? Join ...

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Work In Progress… | Writing About Writing - Antonia Bloom's Services

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Writing About Writing – Antonia Bloom's Services. I offer a comprehensive COPY-EDITING/CRITIQUE service. Send your query via comment forms at end of posts. Work In Progress…. Today’s opening lines:. How did you get here? Susie asked. I mean, I know you’ll have flown over, but what’s it in aid of? Do you not realise that we came just to see you sweetheart? Susie’s father continued the story. You see, we’ve had him on our trail in Australia too? Before he came for you my darling. March 1, 2013 at 1:52 pm.

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Rosy | Vulpes Libris

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A collective of bibliophiles talking about books. Book Fox (vulpes libris): small bibliovorous mammal of overactive imagination and uncommonly large bookshop expenses. Habitat: anywhere the rustle of pages can be heard. Particular reviewing interests: comedy, quirky or unconventional fiction and ideas-based non-fiction. Rosy Barnes is a comic novelist and playwright from Edinburgh. Click here to read a sample or buy. Her comic novel,. Sadomasochism for Accountants was. Is a fine comic novel’. Black comed...