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21-years-ago today, Davie McCallum went away.

Posted by celticman on Thu, 28 Mar 2024

REBLOG TO MARK 2Ist. When Davie McCallum, aged 31, went missing on 28 th March 2003, his son David (junior) was aged five and about to start school. Now he’ll be twenty-four or twenty-five, he’ll be approaching the same age when his dad started a family. His wee brother, Robbie, was a one-year-old baby. Now he’ll have left Clydebank High School, the same school as his dad and older brother. The mother of his sons, Margaret McDowell, waiting for...

Long Time Away

Posted by prettyrose on Thu, 28 Mar 2024

Hi all, hope your all ok, still creating brillinat work. missed my ABC family and hope soon more work from me. Take care all and have a fun, peaceful Easter x

Memories of Murder (2003), Channel 4, Film 4, Director Bong Joon-ho, Screenplay by Bong Joon-ho, Shim Sung-bo.

Posted by celticman on Wed, 27 Mar 2024

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/memories-of-murder/on-demand/73142-001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_Murder Most of my writing is in Scottish Noir. In other words, if you’re waiting for a happy ending, watch The Waltons . Memories of Murder is South Korean Noir, directed and written by Bong Joon-ho. Largely based on investigation into the unsolved rapes and murders of young women that took place in Hwaseong in the late 1980s. In...

Bring Out Your Dead: A Josiah and Archibald Novel (The Undertakers Book 4). Available for Pre-order Now!

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Mon, 25 Mar 2024

I'm delighted to annouce to Josiah and Archibald's many fans on ABCTales that you can now pre-order Book 4 in Phil Whiteland's Bring Out Your Dead series All Josiah and Archibald had to do was collect the late Sir Lewisham Carnock from his resting place in Alicante and escort him back to the U.K. Nothing could be simpler, could it? Well, yes, with Josiah and Archibald it could, particularly when an unfortunate turn of phrase leaves them marooned...

Graham Swift (2020) Here We Are.

Posted by celticman on Sun, 24 Mar 2024

Here We Are or Here We Are again. Graham Swift won the Booker Prize for (I think) Last Orders . I checked to see if I’d reviewed it. I haven’t. But I have read it. But what sticks in my mind is the film version. Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren as the wife of the Caine character. Why am I going on about this? Well, Here We Are has much the same plot and tagline. Brighton, 1959. Punters are sick of war and rationing. They demand...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 22 Mar 2024

Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point 22 March 2024 Posted by Ewan Some very good writing indeed this week. Give yourselves a pat on the back for making this job as difficult as ever. Story of the Week I very much liked Starfish Girl’s The Spa . Equally good were Parts 1 & 2 of Blighter’s Rock’s The Plan. But in the end Celticman was in competition with himself – and not for the first time – with The Little Lady and the eventual...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Ewan on Fri, 22 Mar 2024

Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point 22 March 2024 Some very good writing indeed this week. Give yourselves a pat on the back for making this job as difficult as ever. Story of the Week I very much liked Starfish Girl’s The Spa . Equally good were Parts 1 & 2 of Blighter’s Rock’s The Plan. But in the end Celticman was in competition with himself – and not for the first time – with The Little Lady and the eventual winner. So with...

Muriel Spark (1992 [2009]) Curriculum Vitae.

Posted by celticman on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

If you’re like me, you’ll associate Muriel Spark with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie . I don’t think I’ve read the book. I’ve seen two television versions. Miss Jean Brodie really is a gift to any actress with our Dames playing the lead roles. Muriel Spark reminds us teachers in the James Gillespie’s Girls’ School in 1930s Edinburgh were also actors that had to instruct their audience: ‘ the creme de la creme’ . Not just be teaching, but by...

ALCS UK

Posted by Ewan on Tue, 19 Mar 2024

I'm sure if you have any writing in print, you will have already have done this. However, if not, joining ALCS UK ensures you receive payment if any of your work has been photocopied/reproduced for use in schools/colleges/work seminars etc. I got a significant payment this year. Join ALCS, it is worth it. As you can see from the image, it comes at what - for me - is the worst month every year, March (no idea why). Oh, and join PLR too, which...

Happiness is a warm keyboard=I live to and love to write

Posted by Penny4athought on Sun, 17 Mar 2024

Writers have a need to understand words, to gather them like flowers in a literary garden of colorful, pungent, blooming, budding words. They carefully pick them to tell a story, structure a tale, by placing those words in a way that brings the reader in. Characters light up with specific details and become dimensional. Some writers tell you that characters, once fully formed, can take on a life of their own. When you know your character, you'll...

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