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Me and Mickie James Launch

By drew_gummerson on Sun, 27 Apr 2008

I don’t know what’s happened to this week. It’s like a salt and vinegar crisp someone holds under your nose. You turn your head away, you turn back, and it’s gone. Just gone.

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Brilliant!

By drew_gummerson on Sat, 12 Apr 2008

I finally got the proof copy of ‘Me and Mickie James’ this week.

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I'm a book designer! I'm famous!

By drew_gummerson on Sat, 05 Apr 2008

This week I got my contract from the BBC for ‘Teeth’ .

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Unhappy Funny People

By drew_gummerson on Sun, 23 Mar 2008

I’ll be quick today. I’ve got to be off soon to the daily grind and I’ve got to feed my ex-cat on the way.

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315 of my comments have received 342 Great Feedback votes

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Loved both it and the video.

Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2020

Loved both it and the video. 'apologies of bees' is lovely.

Posted in Bee eaters

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I enjoyed this one two

Posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2020

I enjoyed this one two although would have liked a foxy twist in the tale once you've introduced Hargreaves and a buried dog and a loose rung and a threat. Anyway... do you know George Saunders foxy take? ...

Posted in The Envy of Footprints

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Brilliant. Loved it. And what

Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2020

Brilliant. Loved it. And what a great idea. National Insect Week.

Posted in Bluebottle

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As Celticman said, good story

Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020

As Celticman said, good story. I think you need to build up the voodoo element, introduce it more slowly. How did he know about voodoo dolls etc? And have more than one thrust of the pin. After doing it the first time there's a recovery and then...

Posted in I Can Never Say Sorry…

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I mentioned Spike Milligan

Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020

I mentioned Spike Milligan the other day. And this reminds me of him too.

Posted in Tormentors' Just Desserts

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I liked this, like the other

Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020

I liked this, like the other one, the strange wasted characters. But like the other one I think you need to put some plot and tension in there. And when I say plot you could do worse than look at Brautigan - in sombrero fallout a sombrero falls...

Posted in The Hippy and the Mermaid

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It is beautiful and sad. All

Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020

It is beautiful and sad. All loved pets are receptacles of pain.

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Is Tom McNulty's the family

Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2020

Is Tom McNulty's the family shop?

You've got too many 'de's in there at the beginning so it becomes a thing.

Cathal needs to be in there in the first line. It's a cautionary tale.

Have you read Damon Runyon...

Posted in Make Sure All The Frogs Get Home

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If anger's in a drawer I don

Posted on Thu, 28 May 2020

If anger's in a drawer I don't want to enter it... nice one onemore x

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Neither particularly long and

Posted on Sat, 23 May 2020

Neither particularly long and in no way arduous. Deep felt and honest but in a general way that shouldn't make you feel you have posted something overly personal. And very excellent. Obviously. Did I say that?

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