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This writer's tale: The weight of money
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Saturday, April 4, 2009. The weight of money. I’ve heard other people in the business say more-or-less the same thing, especially since the recession started to bite. Most of them blame the retailers, or the publishers, or the media, but I wonder if writers aren’t to blame as well. Maybe even the Internet. In short, thinking like artists – even if they fail. Because most are going to fail ...Newspap...
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This writer's tale: Pleurisy, Nabokov and me
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Sunday, June 9, 2013. Pleurisy, Nabokov and me. I recently wrote this short piece. For the Vintage books blog. Posted by Philip Sington. Fascinating read. Not sure I ever knew such details about your South American trip. I remember the pan pipe music on that record you played incessantly afterwards, though! June 15, 2013 at 11:46 AM. June 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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This writer's tale: The Einstein Girl moves screenward
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The Einstein Girl moves screenward. Today I went up to. To meet Emily Hickman of The Agency, who has been ably representing me on various screen-related matters over the past year. In her newly refurbished office I signed an option agreement on the screen rights to The Einstein Girl. Right now Sebastian is probably. 2011) opposite Liam Neeson and Albatross. During the course...
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This writer's tale: In the Isabella Plantation
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. In the Isabella Plantation. The Azaleas are out in this corner of Richmond Park, along with their ericaceous cousins. A good place to think (or, in Leo's case, climb trees and get muddy.). Posted by Philip Sington. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Author of Zoias Gold (2005), The Einstein Girl (2009) and The Valley of Unknowing (2012). View my complete profile. Five boo...
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This writer's tale: Advanced sofa testing
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Posted by Philip Sington. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Author of Zoias Gold (2005), The Einstein Girl (2009) and The Valley of Unknowing (2012). View my complete profile. Do you need More Space? Since I started casually Tweeting on the progress of my very far from extraordinary loft conversion, Ive been surprised at the volume o. The weight of money. My only stude...
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This writer's tale: Do you need More Space?
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Do you need More Space? Anyway, what people seem to want to know is this: which outfit have I used for my conversion, and are they any good? Do they deliver what they promise? Have I felt myself to be in good hands? Or has the whole process been bewildering, stressful and disappointing? Posted by Philip Sington. Sowhat happened with the loft conversion? Did it all go well?
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This writer's tale: Usedom remembered
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Following the warm reception of ' Das Einstein-Mädchen. In Germany, I was recently asked to write a short piece about holidaying in that country for a touristic web site called Germany is Wunderbar. Posted by Philip Sington. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Author of Zoias Gold (2005), The Einstein Girl (2009) and The Valley of Unknowing (2012). View my complete profile.
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Een Boekenblog: januari 2010
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Vrijdag 29 januari 2010. De kleedlokalen klam en broeierig: de lucht van mannenzweet;. Zelfs rijk betaalde voetbalclubs gaan af en toe failliet, en weet. Dat in de honkbalsport men soms een douche niet kan betalen. Er was er één voor beide teams, hoe moest ik ademhalen. Waar lichaam tegen lichaam plakt en ik, ik was zo blij,. Want daar stond zelfs die goddelijke catcher in de rij. Coming Through The Rye. O, Jenny's a' weet, poor body,. She draigl't a' her petticoatie,. Comin thro' the rye! Is vertaald do...
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This writer's tale: The Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia Question
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia Question. I am woken early this morning by a panicked phone call from Basil, my indefatigable Ukrainian publisher. From a railway junction in a place appropriately named Chop, he explains that in spite of reaching the No.1 fiction slot across the entire region of Zakarpattia Oblast (better known as Carpathian Rus), the Ukrainian edition of. This ...
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This writer's tale: Peter Hitchens on 'The Valley of Unknowing'
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Follows the professional - and occasionally unprofessional - life of an English novelist living in London. Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Peter Hitchens on 'The Valley of Unknowing'. The distinguished author and journalist, Peter Hitchens, was once a correspondent in Moscow, and is old enough to have some experience of what life was like in the now-vanished Soviet Bloc (it remains to be seen if Mr Putin will succeed in re-inventing it.) Last Sunday, in his regular blog. For the Daily Mail's. On-line edition ,.