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Notifications Test
test for John, please ignore
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Bee's Journey
This is for the many many people who've been following Bee's Journey, all the way through her diagnosis and her treatment. Bee has asked me to put an...
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Lucky
It’s the best thing for him. You must insist. Intensive neuro rehab. Keep fighting for it. That’s what they all said – what they told me to do, so that’s what I did. Funding is difficult.
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Things that keep me awake at night
scraps - notes - things that keep me awake at night
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Shoelaces
The way he told me, he saw it as a kind of existentialist episode. “It’s like the left side of my brain’s taken over from the right side” he said, “… the sensible side.
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Di, from experience with one
Posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2018
Di, from experience with one of my sons, a diagnosis is really important - and it can take ages to arrange unless you get it done privately which can cost a fortune. A diagnosis of dyspraxia meant my son was given extra time in GCSEs (whatever...
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Hahahaha - thanks for the
Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2018
Hahahaha - thanks for the translation London/parson - I know it's petty but Tony was very strict about that so I guess we should be too
Read full commentPosted in The meeting - good friends
No sense in talking about the
Posted on Wed, 20 Jun 2018
No sense in talking about the cracks.
Blokes don’t need help,
just a good night’s sleep
a shower
a shit
a shave and
a shag
my father said
my mates said
my brother said
that makes me so...
Read full commentPosted in The Iceberg
I really like the meticulous
Posted on Sun, 26 Nov 2017
I really like the meticulous detail in this piece - the timetable of the woman's day works well as a frame for the narrative, and the small events come across as very authentic, as does the relationship between the couple.
Suggestions: In...
Read full commentPosted in May you live all the days of your life
Hi - what a fascinating peice
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2014
Hi - what a fascinating peice this is! it was really interesting the way you compared the different geographical prejudices. My only criticisim is that we're kind of left hanging .... there's so little about when you're actually there. I was...
Read full commentPosted in 7 days in Tehran
Hello fining - welcome to ABC
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2014
Hello fining - welcome to ABC. This has a nice flow to it, but since you've specifically asked, I do have a couple of observations:
firstly, it might have been better to post the prologue and chapter one seperately - easier for...
Read full commentPosted in August Shadow (working title): Prologue
this is developing at just
Posted on Wed, 31 Oct 2018
this is developing at just the right pace - nicely balanced too, between local colour, dialogue and action. So much harder to get right than people think
Read full commentPosted in Aura (4)
A wonderful, reflective piece
Posted on Tue, 13 Nov 2018
A wonderful, reflective piece. I wish you luck finding out about the man in the photograph - please let us know how you get on!
Read full commentPosted in The Bells of Hell (IP)
Like philip says - sometimes
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
Like philip says - sometimes I find your imagery a bit too cryptic, but this one's spot on. I particularly like the second stanza. Do you definitely mean inferred? (I was just wondering if it mght be an auto correct for infra red which would also...
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'I added some humour to avoid
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
'I added some humour to avoid sounding unhinged' hahahahahaha - not much makes me laugh at 7am. This is a brilliant and very very funny piece. I do hope your nom de plume and membership of this site is absolutely watertight Jane ...
Read full commentPosted in Autopsy of a Boss
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