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Jack Zipes on why we still need #fairytales: "We need stories to keep us going and give us hope" (@TheStoryMuseum @MichaelRosenYes) 14:27:01 wonders why it is that I find it so hard to show not tell when I #amwriting? Could…
Continue readingMon, 15:27: Jack Zipes on why we still need #fairytales: “We need stories to keep us going and give us hope” (@TheStoryMuseum @MichaelRosenYes) Mon, 22:12: wonders why it is that I find it so hard to show not tell when…
Continue readingOn head-hopping, and showing not telling: @_RachelAbbott on #writing… http://t.co/kxPn779Q6q \via @thecreativepenn 15:58:01 "No, I be-ant expectin' nothin', but I be so yarnin'" ~Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford 18:17:30 "When I am dead and in my head/And all my…
Continue readingSun, 16:58: On head-hopping, and showing not telling: @_RachelAbbott on #writing… http://t.co/kxPn779Q6q \via @thecreativepenn Sun, 19:17: “No, I be-ant expectin’ nothin’, but I be so yarnin’” ~Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford Sun, 19:31: “When I am dead and in…
Continue readingEd Miliband lays down living wage challenge http://t.co/LJ1bKk5tf9 via @guardian 08:18:03 Six novelists on their favourite second artform http://t.co/zTNFUVUJz2 via @guardian 08:30:32 Twitter fiction: @megrosoff http://t.co/0wgqRcDocI via @guardian 08:34:03
Continue readingEntertainment this morning by colleague reluctantly using the office iMac for the first time… #work 09:20:36 The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP: Keep Sustainability in the National Curriculum Objectives https://t.co/ux9NNgYs19 via @change 10:52:03 is very much looking forward to the…
Continue readingFri, 15:42: is very much looking forward to the Jack Zipes and @MichaelRosenYes #GrimmBrothers event at @TheStoryMuseum this evening… 🙂 Fri, 23:29: Advert in a shop window at @thestorymuseum… http://t.co/Ukm7cja1PC Fri, 23:38: Fascinating talk on the #GrimmBrothers with Jack Zipes…
Continue readingFri, 10:20: Entertainment this morning by colleague reluctantly using the office iMac for the first time… #work Fri, 11:52: The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP: Keep Sustainability in the National Curriculum Objectives https://t.co/ux9NNgYs19 via @change
Continue readingThe #fairy garden by @EmmaEShepherd… @ Southwold http://t.co/XvLgui3oUa 16:35:04 Those of you who have read #TheEndOfAllWorlds please can you vote to tell me which bits to read at my book reading http://t.co/Xs1nYDV1eF 17:56:57 wants a leg of hogget. I wonder…
Continue readingWed, 11:18: @WPExplorer I’ve downloaded the Adapt theme: http://t.co/XSFV1AIyA1 Is it possible to change the portfolio display to 3×3 grid? Wed, 17:35: The #fairy garden by @EmmaEShepherd… @ Southwold http://t.co/XvLgui3oUa Wed, 18:56: Those of you who have read #TheEndOfAllWorlds please…
Continue readingSomehow, I seem to have agreed to read from my debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, at a book reading event a the Oxfam Bookshop in Reading. I’ve never done a book reading before, and already I’m pretty nervous…
Continue readingSomehow, I seem to have agreed to read from my debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, at a book reading event a the Oxfam Bookshop in Reading. I’ve never done a book reading before, and already I’m pretty nervous…
Continue readingSunday #Spring lunch with @emmaeshepherd… @ Southwold http://t.co/RxuHLabmuo 12:54:46 Before… @ Southwold http://t.co/yN5a6dDsoQ 19:05:05 …and after! Two yolks are better than one! @ Southwold http://t.co/aA7pdwHKx3 19:07:08
Continue readingSun, 13:54: Sunday #Spring lunch with @emmaeshepherd… @ Southwold http://t.co/RxuHLabmuo Sun, 20:05: Before… @ Southwold http://t.co/yN5a6dDsoQ Sun, 20:07: …and after! Two yolks are better than one! @ Southwold http://t.co/aA7pdwHKx3
Continue readingBreakfast on the west terrace; lunch on the east patio. A walk in the sunshine this afternoon… #spring 12:47:03 Precious Bane: a complicated tale of country folk http://t.co/BLP4CNLdxG #BicesterBooklings #books #amreading #reviews 13:59:07
Continue readingSat, 13:47: Breakfast on the west terrace; lunch on the east patio. A walk in the sunshine this afternoon… #spring Sat, 14:59: Precious Bane: a complicated tale of country folk http://t.co/BLP4CNLdxG #BicesterBooklings #books #amreading #reviews
Continue readingAfter @abingdonconcert band rehearsal last night, I've now got You Can't Stop The Beat from #Hairspray on loop in my brain… #infectious 09:26:20 I scored 6 out of 7 on the BBC News Quiz http://t.co/WwleKlpeJs 10:40:34 London Book Fair RoundUp…
Continue readingPrecious Bane by Mary Webb I had never heard of this book until Lucy suggested it as a read for the inaugural meeting of the Bicester Booklings, and so I had little idea of what to expect from it. It’s…
Continue readingPrecious Bane by Mary Webb I had never heard of this book until Lucy suggested it as a read for the inaugural meeting of the Bicester Booklings, and so I had little idea of what to expect from it. It’s…
Continue readingFri, 12:28: Get in print the old fashioned way (From The Oxford Times) http://t.co/bJH3DrtChK
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