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It might be that I have cooled off since cooking my Shepherd’s Pie – tasty as it was really not the most practical of things to be cooking on a hot humid evening considering that you have to boil the…
Continue readingApparently there are a number of people landing on my friends page because Thomas Jefferson’s home [has been] damaged by Katrina. And I thought she was such a nice girl… One of You, yes You, dear friends has written about…
Continue readingThe Management would like to appologise for readers of these pages who are avidly awaiting the next installment of Mr shepline‘s Romanian Adventures. Future installments have been momentarily delayed by recent developements concerning The Work, for which you might read…
Continue readingRight! A while back rachel2205 and myself started this nice little community going for the odd snippets of stories, sometimes long, sometimes short, just amusing, occasionally thought provoking bits of words. Then, as suddenly as it arrived on the stage,…
Continue readingIt’s kind of fitting that on my first weekend back in the writers’ seat, that I pass the 10,000 word mark for chapter four, which leaves me with about a third to go before I can get stuck into the…
Continue readingRussell Edgeware is single and works in a 9 till 5 office job with little in the way of prospects. That is, that is how his co-workers see him. When Russell arrives at the office Christmas party, his friends realise…
Continue readingReturning at last to Blood & Fire I managed 972 words yesterday, which, considering with the exception of one day in July I haven’t written anything to it since 30 May is not, I reckon, too bad. There are some…
Continue readingThankfully, today, I spent some time cutting back this summer’s growth from the budlea, and a bit of lopping of some of the longer shoots from the wisteria. This meant that I had to fetch the brown garden bin from…
Continue readingwarning – brainstorming ahead – possible spoilers contained within It has been bothering me a while that when it comes to the ‘final conflict’ in Blood & Fire, however it’s occurred to me whilst making my Icelandic-inspired fried fish in…
Continue readingWhat was it that Hannah was going to write. She is alone in the school building at Hólar – Ben and Bjäkk are off somewhere researching their scientific theories – and she is about to write something. Something, as far…
Continue readingDo you remember me saying that was writing a novel? Bloody Fire I think it was called – no wait – Blood and Fire. Yes, that was it, do you remember? It’s all coming back to me now … I…
Continue reading( Waymarking in Romania ) Sightseeing a City in a Day Day 2. 15 July 2005 Friday. I woke early for breakfast to make the most of the day to find myself disappointed to find the fifth floor of the…
Continue readingNow if you search for “elephants and spiderwebs” or “un elefant se legana“, you now get my shepline movement page as your first hit. And of course, it even works with the “I’m Feeling Lucky” function. I love it when…
Continue readingSuffolk Seaside #1 Originally uploaded by shepline on 25 Aug ’05, 6.46pm PST. Taken on Walberswick beach, a study of groins, and sea-affected wood… ( more )
Continue readingSitting on cannons Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Aug ’05, 9.04pm PST. The cannons on Southwold seafront – they seem smaller than they used to be!
Continue readingAfter the anticipation, finally, it’s here! Sit back, curl up, and enjoy the tales from Romania… ( Waymarking in Romania ) A Thunderstorm for Dinner Day 1. 14 July 2005 Thursday. The journey began like any other; at Heathrow Terminal…
Continue reading…buy a year’s paid account time of your LiveJournal by their new recurring payments thingamy and get three months free! The way it seems to work is that I last bought my paid time 3 months ago, so today I…
Continue readingYour friendly neighbourhood RTW posing for the camera…
Continue reading…or rather, a postcard from Dracula’s castle. It’s funny, I was just thinking about Kat and Jess as I drove home tonight – wondering if they were back yet from their extended trip around Romania. When I got in, there…
Continue readingNewly launched, and thoroughly interesting and amusing… markhaddon.com
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