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Why Bother Writing Stories!
As I have grown older I have increasingly enjoyed sticking my head above the parapet and having a good, if I hope well considered, scream. I’m in my 50’s, I have been described, affectionately on the...
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To “ish” or not to “ish”?-now that’s a good question?
Put your hand you if you know the meaning of the word, or whatever you want to call it of “ISH” Well done, 10 out of 10 Now put your hand up if you know the weight, length, or exact... Read More ›
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Roll up…Roll up..Get your 50 shades of grey effect book at your local Library
In have said it before, and I’ll say it again, there is no-one better than the BBC for bringing us some wonderful is comically glorious news. They rarely mean to be comical, and it is certainly not...
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A few thingamygibs and a couple of Whatsits…you know what I mean!
The marketing department wishes to remind everybody of the importance of specific numbers and sizes. Please can we have no more requests for handfuls, clutches, few’s off, numbers of, or bunches of...
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He likes me…He likes me not…He likes me…a short flash fiction story by Chris...
As one who is in love with the English language, I loathe the modern indiscriminate and inane use of the word, “like”. Call it revenge, call it a fight back against an ever encroaching tide of...
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Is it so cool to be “wiv-it”, “wavy”, “hip” or “cool”?!!
“You’ve got to be Wavy Bro, like cool, wiv-it, an’ hey Man, in the groove!” Not quite Shakespearean of Chaucerian I know, and I’m sure that many lovers of the English language will be snarling at the...
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The Spoken Word…Helping others in the Community
What do most of us writers or bloggers do when we want to pass on our views or create our latest masterpiece? How many of us write, or type away on our computers, and then, prior to posting or...
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It all depends what you mean when you say…….
The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.” Dorothy L Sayers I love...
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Not so Eggcelent Eggs…The end of the world is nigh!
How many readers and bloggers feel that this is the right time to talk about eggs? We are facing global warming, the rise of extremist groups, world debt, and a whole host of other problems that always...
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Success and writing
How do we measure success as an author, how do we measure success in anything, and who has the authority to set the standard or the rules? In some fields, such as academia, finance, and science,...
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