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February 2007

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I have story, Icelandic Pop and Whisky. You?

‘No!’ Eleanor lowers her head into her hands. Ben watches his sister carefully, studying her every move, and expression and tries to figure out where is sister is going with this crazy talk. He turns briefly to Hanna for reassurance….

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The girl in the foyer

A snippet of inspiration can be found in the most ordinary of places… 😉 Aproaching the counter in the crowded foyer, Louis sees the girl behind the counter. He works his way to the front and asks for a CD…

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Come with me. To the Emerald City.

Took the coach to London this evening – c/o of works social committee – to see Wicked. Arriving in the West End, we disembarked from the bus to find the Apollo Victoria very obvious, lit up in it’s irridescent green…

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Wednesdays. I like Wednesdays.

1. Discovered some strangely appropriate music today to listen to whilst clicking through OnlineEarly, in Sandi Thom’s album. The thing is I can’t listen the track Superman because I have become convinced that she is singing ‘Don’t want suppmat’, on…

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Additionally…

6. I applied for a job that came out on fish4jobs email yesterday. A web designer in Oxford – umm – this one actually: Web / Web Designer / Developer / Web Developer Oxford Salary: £30,000 starting salary + ++…

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Fun whilst it lasted

1. From 30 November though advent, Christmas, New Year, and my journal’s birthday, all the way to 15 February I posted in these pages at least once a day every day. Admittedly, occasionally I would cheat and backdate an entry…

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Fun whilst it lasted

1. From 30 November though advent, Christmas, New Year, and my journal’s birthday, all the way to 15 February I posted in these pages at least once a day every day. Admittedly, occasionally I would cheat and backdate an entry…

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It’s that fanfare again

Yay for echos of the past. I have just watched episode 8 of Battlestar Galactica season 2. After the high drama of the two-part story that preceeded it, this was one of those reflective episodes that you get mid-season, but…

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Thoughts upon Valentine’s Day…

Considering one of the most popular things to give your loved one is flowers, Valentine’s Day really does come at a crappy time of year. I mean, honestly whoever thought of 14th February?! Yes, the snowdrop – my favourite flower…

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Now We Are Four

At 08:11:37 hours on 12 February 2003 shepline: the journal was born. Actually, I think it might have been a bit before then, and if I’m honest I’m not sure what the situation is regarding time zones, but it was…

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The second draft

This has been a very productive weekend, this one. I’ve done some CC critting (although doubtless my fellow CC’ers would say that I haven’t done enough :-\ ) and I have revised through the corrections given to me on chapters…

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Understanding POV

Posted here, mostly for I own benefit, and to stop ‘head-hopping’ through my novel. Blood & Fire will consist of scenes that take a third person, limited POV from mainly (but not exclusively) Eleanor, Ben and Hanna but with third…

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Understanding POV

Posted here, mostly for I own benefit, and to stop ‘head-hopping’ through my novel. Blood & Fire will consist of scenes that take a third person, limited POV from mainly (but not exclusively) Eleanor, Ben and Hanna but with third…

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Of trains to London and project management

1. Today was the second day of my Introduction to Project Management course. The journey into London was more straight forward than yesterday with all the tubes running, and actually, I ended up being the second to arrive. They’ve been…

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Mr Snowman (wrapped up warm)

Mr Snowman (wrapped up warm) Originally uploaded by shepline on 8 Feb ’07, 8.14pm GMT PST. Essay on snow Originally uploaded by shepline on 8 Feb ’07, 8.15pm GMT PST. Station Snowball Originally uploaded by shepline on 8 Feb ’07,…

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Wednesday work and creativity

1. Today was quite busy at work, ploughing through the issues and the OnlineEarly batches to get as much live and sorted before I disappear off for a week. I did well, all things considering, and left things pretty much…

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