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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.
All three Moffat novels are available here

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Before I Was Old

Based on a #NaPoWriMo Prompt "Start with a lie..." Had a bit of a fiddle with this. (I can count on the number of fingers of scotch in Dorothy P's tumbler how often I do that, I churn them out and leave them. Now I know why.
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Cherry

Book Smart

Overnight sensation? Hardly.
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Women's Day

I think you'll know where I stand. No characters living or dead are based on anyone YOU know. Image by me from pd elements. .
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Thrift

image author's own
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389 of my comments have received 425 Great Feedback votes

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I have been

Posted on Wed, 03 Mar 2021

missing these...

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Posted in Larry and Mick Contemplate the Deeper Meaning(s) of Existence

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Welcome back.

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021

What a shame the magazine folded. I expect that will be as familiar a story over the next year as it has been over the last. Fantastic that you chose to put your story here. I sincerely hope you're looking around for other magazines that might...

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Posted in Letters in the attic

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Short

Posted on Tue, 26 Jan 2021

and succinct. Well done.

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Posted in Fog

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I took

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021

the liberty of doing it for you, hope you don't mind.

I've read this five times already.

 

Ewan

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Posted in To a Lone Sailor

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Beautiful

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021

just beautiful.

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Posted in To a Lone Sailor

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So Sorry

Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021

 to read this, but at the same time happy that you have this site to air your feelings, or just plain vent. I have little advice to offer, I'm afraid. One thing I did do about a situation where I was powerless in the power of an authority figure...

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Posted in How do you forgive a parent?

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This funny,

Posted on Thu, 24 Dec 2020

whimsical, and, yes, uplifting take on Christmas is a tonic even for the most cynical among us (you KNOW who you are, and you and I are brothers under the skin). Those are reasons enough for this to be today's Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day...

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Posted in The Christmas Coaster

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I do

Posted on Fri, 18 Dec 2020

remember the ghost in the armchair from others' houses, it would have been a grandparent of course. Never saw anyone violent. That must be truly awful, like living with a tyrant.
The washing machine that we were encouraged to use in The...

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Posted in A Life Like That

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No,

Posted on Mon, 07 Dec 2020

I don't feel there's too much dialogue at all. Exposition can be achieved through dialogue or narrative and you should definitely mix it up whether you're writing a short story, novella or a novel.

If I have doubts about which to use in a...

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Posted in Rude Awakenings (Part two of two)

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I do

Posted on Fri, 27 Nov 2020

love a good nihilistic git as a main character! Fabulous atmosphere, I could almost smell Hot Plate Heaven.

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Posted in Pigeon Variations - Ch 4 - Hero Grill Chef

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