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The policeman sat in the armchair
Did it? Didn't it? Maybe.
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A collection of words
Scrapes and tumbles
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Good intentions
Apologies for the lack of craft
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Catharsis
Scribbled words en route
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Thanks onemorething.
Posted on Tue, 13 Aug 2019
Thanks onemorething.
Thanks Heraclitus.
Read full commentPosted in Ouse
Sad affairs, those. Part of
Posted on Sun, 30 Jun 2019
Sad affairs, those. Part of the rich weave, though. I'm immediately thinking someone very old but maybe not. Just not high enough on friends' lists of priorities. At least the narrator was there, so maybe the others didn't matter so much. I like...
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I always love these pieces
Posted on Wed, 22 May 2019
I always love these pieces where protagonists are made contemporary (or something like that) and ordinary. The quirk of a canine Cleopatra is sublime. Lovely piece.
Read full commentPosted in Anthony and Cleopatra
Blimey. Sitting on a bench
Posted on Sat, 04 May 2019
Blimey. Sitting on a bench with the sun just sunk behind trees scribbling out something new and just saw this.
Thank you x
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Morning Ed. It's lovely to
Posted on Fri, 15 Feb 2019
Morning Ed. It's lovely to hear from you again and I know exactly what you're saying. I expect there's a less than pragmatic reason for moving away from English close to centres of government and administration in the EU. The pragmatic reason for...
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:))))
Posted on Sat, 20 Oct 2018
:))))
Thanks insert. It was a tremendous success. Lots of nice poetry. Inspiration for All Quiet On The Western (Weston?) Front. A Blackadder series. Spin-off household technologies that we now take for granted, like the tank. Knitted...
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Nice wordsmithying. Betrays
Posted on Sun, 26 Aug 2018
Nice wordsmithying. Betrays that erudition again. Not sure about progress, though. Too passive.
Read full commentPosted in Army of Poets
Thanks ice rivers. I'll try.
Posted on Thu, 26 Jul 2018
Thanks ice rivers. I'll try.
I think an action moment is a good place to start with a non-linear telling. The crash. Then people are ready to know the whys and wherefores. The trick is keeping the glued from thereon. Sometimes we get too...
Read full commentPosted in August 26, 1989 (heaven part 3)
Yes. The quote's his. Ok.
Posted on Wed, 25 Jul 2018
Yes. The quote's his. Ok. Will do. I commented on part 4, I think, about the drafts and maybe looking at getting them more polished ahead of posting them. You'll pick up more readers and feedback.
Read full commentPosted in Better Angels of La Grange (heaven part 2)
Hi ice rivers. Contractions
Posted on Fri, 27 Jul 2018
Hi ice rivers. Contractions are just where we reduce (usually auxiliary verbs) from "I would" to "I'd" etc. She is - she's.
In direct speech it sounds more natural as it's how we tend to speak, in narrative writing it's more relaxed and...
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