So what is it with Twitter? Friends shake their heads in disbelief that I’m straying into such questionable territory and offspring couldn’t care less (too busy Facebooking). I guess quite a few readers of this blog are similarly disengaged. I can only say, don’t knock it until you have tried it. It’s quick, it’s easy, it’s fun. … Continue reading Win-Win Situation
These writing obsessions take us to strange places. I thought I’d missed my chance ever to see Sun Worshippers, shown on BBC Scotland in 2002, but in a moment of enthusiasm I contacted Caledonia films who still had it in their vaults and were able to send me a copy. I watched it last night. … Continue reading Fun in the Sun
I would never deny that A New History of Love is timeless, but I am suprised to find it prophetic. How? The ‘Oxford Language Teaching Archive’, which I made up to suit the plot (you can read about it in chapter 1) is now a reality. So even if the archive doesn’t contain anything relating to De Scudery (too much to … Continue reading Reality bites
New pitch. New opening scene. Go see! Continue reading You saw it here first
For non-writers, that’s ‘work in progress’, by the way. And what better time than January to move on? I have now redrafted eight chapters of TWE in first person and with a number of plot tweaks. I think I like it more than I did, but for now, (pace the odd competition) I don’t think … Continue reading A W.I.P. is born
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