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Book Review: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
My rating: 4 of 5 starsI almost never read the reviews of others before writing my own review. I don’t want to be coloured by the opinions of others and reviews are, always, merely our opinions turned into judgements. There’s no point me writing a review then if I’m just going to parrot the views […]
Book Review: The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read Bates’ ‘Love For Lydia‘ last year and was not especially entranced by either the writing or the whole raison d’etre of the story. Rich people being boringly melodramatic doesn’t fill me with a great deal of sympathy for the characters, to be honest. ‘The Darling Buds of […]
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Tag Archives: National Novel Writing month
NaNoWriMo – End of week 2: Thoughts and round-ups
Another week of NaNoWriMo over and I’m keeping well on target having just completed a couple of hundred shy of 30,000 words. This means I’m keeping more than on target (I hoped to reach 30,000 tomorrow – exactly halfway … Continue reading →
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NaNoWriMo – End of week 1: summary and thoughts
Well I’ve made it through the first week of NaNoWriMo and I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself! 15,000 words written so far and I’ve not missed a day of uploading the latest story to my writeoutloud blog (although it has … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80s Britain, A Life Lived Through Stories, ADHD, child abuse, childhood, Darjeeling, Hail! Madam Jazz, Hinduism, India, Jazz, Michael O'Siadhail, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing month, short stories, Sitar, writing
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NaNoWriMo Day 1 – A Life Lived Through Stories: Introduction
If I’m honest, I was a little disappointed to the response I received when I announced my intention to share my book project for NaNoWriMo on my blog here. considering the huge numbers of people who regularly follow, many of whom are … Continue reading →
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Posted in Writing
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Tagged A Life Lived Through Stories, D K Powell, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing month, novel writing, short stories, Sonali
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