Ewan
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28 collections on the site.
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Ewan Lawrie
The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
Both Moffat novels are available here
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Woodland Walk
Um... fairly self-explanatory, no? Picture taken by me when out walking the dog.
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The Myth of Olympians
I have played and followed sport all my life. I am thrilled by the endeavour, skill and sheer bloody-mindedness it takes to be the best at any sport. I just can't see the point of these Olympics, which are devalued by how they will be conducted. I really think a cancellation would have been better. Thousands of disappointed Olympian athletes, I know, but still... Image from wiki-commons fiddled with by me. Licence: CC BY 2.0
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Faces
We wear faces, until they wear us. Image created from PD components by author.
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Naming Names
You don't know ____ Image is from Wikipedia commons. Originally posted by Gon on fr.wikipedia. Licence is CC-SA 3.0
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The Patel Protocol
Not very interesting, but not improbable. Image from pxhere.com
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I don't know why
Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2020
but you are getting better and better. No, I do: it's practise making perfect, or as near as anything can get to that. You need to be looking at another collection soon. This is extremely good work.
Read full commentPosted in Dutch Elm Disease
Excellent.
Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021
Very fine. Whimsical, I agree.
You have a missing apostrophe at line 5 in "Willows favourite".
Always best to keep the fantastic rooted in the everyday. You do that well here.
Well done.
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail"
We
Posted on Mon, 28 Dec 2020
(ok I, but I'm sure that you - at least - feel the same) write about these things to try and make sense of them. For ourselves, yes, but if in writing them we can help others then they MUST be written.
Beautiful, layered writing as usual...
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There will be
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2020
...but as you know I'm writing Moffat III at the moment (12,000 words and counting). I always have a vanity project going, whilst I'm writing a novel. It helps to dive off into something else completely unrelated. Usually, The Picture Ranch or...
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Ah well,
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2019
don't we know? "This is John, he...we used to know each other." Joan is about 19, John has been away for 20 years.
Read full commentYes, I know people don't like holes, but I do like clues, rather than telling everything.
Anyway, glad you liked it...
Posted in A Polka Dot Dress
One thing you will
Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017
find by doing this, is that your description in any prose you do write will be tighter, more compact, more effective, it's something I was told would happen if I wrote more poetry. I'm not completely sure it has for me, but it will for you....
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It's the mothballs
Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017
I remember, and the faint smell of Lion pee and Turkish Delight.... hahaha. I do not know anyone who has never explored their parents' wardrobe. When I was 8, my dad's wardrobe had hundreds of football programmes from the 40's and 50's; Rangers...
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Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Vivid imagery which sits well with the music which inspired it. For that reason it is our FB and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share and/or retweet it too, dear readers.
Read full commentPosted in Another Night On a Bare Mountain
I discovered Mussorgsky
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
because of ELP. Who says rock music is for philistines?
Read full commentGood poem and anything with 'flagitious' in it is alright with me.
Posted in Another Night On a Bare Mountain
Short and sour,
Posted on Wed, 21 Jul 2021
and also very good. I do like the spaces left for the reader to fill in.
Well done.
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