...but as you know I'm writing Moffat III at the moment (12,000 words and counting). I always have a vanity project going, whilst I'm writing a novel. It helps to dive off into something else completely unrelated. Usually, The Picture Ranch or...
don't we know? "This is John, he...we used to know each other." Joan is about 19, John has been away for 20 years.
Yes, I know people don't like holes, but I do like clues, rather than telling everything.
Anyway, glad you liked it...
find by doing this, is that your description in any prose you do write will be tighter, more compact, more effective, it's something I was told would happen if I wrote more poetry. I'm not completely sure it has for me, but it will for you....
I remember, and the faint smell of Lion pee and Turkish Delight.... hahaha. I do not know anyone who has never explored their parents' wardrobe. When I was 8, my dad's wardrobe had hundreds of football programmes from the 40's and 50's; Rangers...
Congratulations, This is our Pick of the Day, 14th April 2025
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
this clever teaser for Phil's imminent release of 'Dead Reckoning' a humourous novel about the adventures of a pair of undertakers, is well worth a read and whets the appetite for his books appearance.
I did something similar (although perhaps not so ventriloquistically adroit) with The Moffat Trilogy. One thing this kind of thing does do is make you look at your work differently.
I had a couple of military pals in Berlin, who followed Hertha, who - in those days - had quite a hooligan set-up. There were some Kneipen that were only for Herta fans in Spandau just a stop or two down the U-Bahn from Wilmersdorf,where the...
I am
Posted on Mon, 09 Nov 2020
speechless. Or at least written-wordless. This bears many more than several readings.
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There will be
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2020
...but as you know I'm writing Moffat III at the moment (12,000 words and counting). I always have a vanity project going, whilst I'm writing a novel. It helps to dive off into something else completely unrelated. Usually, The Picture Ranch or...
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Ah well,
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2019
don't we know? "This is John, he...we used to know each other." Joan is about 19, John has been away for 20 years.
Read full commentYes, I know people don't like holes, but I do like clues, rather than telling everything.
Anyway, glad you liked it...
Posted in A Polka Dot Dress
One thing you will
Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017
find by doing this, is that your description in any prose you do write will be tighter, more compact, more effective, it's something I was told would happen if I wrote more poetry. I'm not completely sure it has for me, but it will for you....
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It's the mothballs
Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017
I remember, and the faint smell of Lion pee and Turkish Delight.... hahaha. I do not know anyone who has never explored their parents' wardrobe. When I was 8, my dad's wardrobe had hundreds of football programmes from the 40's and 50's; Rangers...
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Congratulations, This is our Pick of the Day, 14th April 2025
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
this clever teaser for Phil's imminent release of 'Dead Reckoning' a humourous novel about the adventures of a pair of undertakers, is well worth a read and whets the appetite for his books appearance.
Do please share if you like this...
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Ha, Very fine.
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
I did something similar (although perhaps not so ventriloquistically adroit) with The Moffat Trilogy. One thing this kind of thing does do is make you look at your work differently.
Anyway, as I say, skillfully done.
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I really do like this, T.O.
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
However, I am particularly glad you didn't post an image with it.
E.
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Perhaps not as outrageously ridiculous
Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025
as previous episodes, but very good all the same.
I'm not entirely sure "relent" is the word you want at line 12
OED does have at 2†b."to yield, give way; to give up a previous determination or obstinacy" which does fit." which...
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Ho-Ha-Heh, Hertha Beh-Ess-Tseh!
Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2025
I had a couple of military pals in Berlin, who followed Hertha, who - in those days - had quite a hooligan set-up. There were some Kneipen that were only for Herta fans in Spandau just a stop or two down the U-Bahn from Wilmersdorf,where the...
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