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Today’s snowfall has been much-publicised, so much so that both Kirsty and I arranged yesterday to work from our respective homes. When it came to this morning there was just the lightest of dustings left on the ground from yesterday…
Continue readingThu, 19:13: Right, no @abingdonconcert band tonight due to snow. What to do with an evening off? @BBCWinterwatch definitely, and #writing… Thu, 22:36: RT @dgShannon: “Severe Weather Warning” for snow in parts of the UK, which when people were allowed…
Continue readingWed, 23:11: On page 241 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/FNsdqf1V Thu, 11:24: Popcorn in the office. Oh Yes! Thank you @grazedotcom… @ Oxford Brookes Gibbs Building http://t.co/PutvERJq Thu, 11:24: Photo: Popcorn in the office. Oh Yes! Thank…
Continue readingTue, 12:17: 2012 was the first year I earnt a 3-figure sum from my writing 🙂 #amwriting #makinghistory #smallbeginnings Tue, 13:31: The paperback of #TheEndOfAllWorlds is currently ranked #991,689 out of over 6,397,000 books on @AmazonUK http://t.co/GfajpKWl #ya #fantasy Tue,…
Continue readingI finished going though my royalty figures for last year today. It means that 2012 was the first year that I learnt a three-figure sum from my writing. Admittedly it’s been a pretty low three-figure sum but hey, I’ve never…
Continue readingMon, 13:53: On page 203 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/6xpNT0Lp Mon, 15:02: Facebook: a word about privacy http://t.co/Sjy3DjvE #facebook #privacy #socialnetworking Mon, 18:24: RT @GuardianBooks: Poetry competition winner exposed as plagiarist http://t.co/qoJ3BEsi #books Mon, 22:16: #Aspergers Syndrome…
Continue readingEvery week or so another meme circulates Facebook in a scaremongering type way that alarms folk into reposting the scare story/warning. Privacy and security on Facebook is actually better than people realise, you just need to take a moment to…
Continue readingSun, 12:19: Archers actress: ‘I’m back as Clarrie – and I don’t want to shock fans’ http://t.co/l2zC7SrZ via @guardian Sun, 18:56: On page 171 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones http://t.co/fWtQM6c0 Sun, 21:40: Stratford: it’s not just Shakespeare…
Continue readingI remember discovering when I first arrived in Oxfordshire that Stratford upon Avon was only about 45 minutes away and how I could visit it often… Shamefully that was getting on for 18 years ago, and it has taken until…
Continue readingSat, 15:55: #rsc #mad Sat, 23:53: had a very nice day in Stratford with @EmmaEShepherd & Lucy & Luke & seen a brilliant production of The Orphan of Zhao http://t.co/oqBoxBcq Sun, 09:56: The allure of the first novel http://t.co/VsDb7RaF via…
Continue readingFri, 18:33: On page 189 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/B5kCCSzn Fri, 22:09: Reimagining the real… http://t.co/43qhsUTP #creativity #imagination #MrTumnal #writing Fri, 22:31: “It was very good. Interesting, very different. Clever” New review on Facebook of #TheEndOfAllWorlds http://t.co/S4UkeJy1…
Continue readingJericho, Oxford is a bohemian neighbourhood. It’s sought after and desirable for its community, attractiveness, and appeal, but when it features in Mr Tumnal Jericho is not quite bohemian enough. I’ve got to a part in the story when Kathryn…
Continue readingThu, 17:32: RT @BBCBreakfast: Did you know Yes Prime Minister is returning to our screens? Zoe Telford tells us more: http://t.co/RPLd2RbJ Thu, 18:45: On page 159 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones http://t.co/uidnVo9s
Continue readingWed, 21:11: loves how @ProfBrianCox goes from checking his notes on iPad to demonstrating concepts on a blackboard… #lowtech #bbcstargazing Wed, 21:19: #bbcstargazing question about Mars, @ProfBrianCox – if life might be in ice & ice might be at poles…
Continue readingWith the news that camera retailer Jessops has entered administration comes the much touted reason that it is because “the amateur market collapsed because people who once bought cameras found that they had these things on their smartphones and they…
Continue readingTue, 16:31: A box full of unfulfilled ideas http://t.co/8xN6xfU8 #ideas #imagination #writing Tue, 21:39: On page 143 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones http://t.co/3lNbSKgD Wed, 11:00: @blackwelloxford (contd.) as by and large Indie authors have probably got into…
Continue readingFurther to Hugo Lindgren’s provocative article in The New York Times, ‘Be Wrong as Fast as You Write’ it got me thinking about writing, and ideas and how one decides which ideas need to be written – or which ideas…
Continue readingMon, 16:25: RT @andyjshepherd: Havent done much on my to do list as couldn’t put down one of my Xmas presents, Unrest by @MHarrison13. A really grea … Mon, 19:43: interview with Laura Robson: I want to make a gibed…
Continue readingThere has been talk of late that sales of the humble eInk eReader will fall this year as people move to now cheaper tablets, and also the environmental pros and cons of eReaders vs. paper books. A friend has also…
Continue readingSun, 16:40: RT @creationtheatre: 16 years, 51 shows, 365000 audience members and 24 hours left to save Creation buy your raffle ticket or 2 here to … Sun, 16:42: Cultural Life: Philip Pullman, novelist – Features – Books – The…
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