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    Read more about the article Mobility

    Mobility

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:17/07/2022
    • Post category:Writer's Life
    • Post comments:8 Comments

    When I got an iPad (my first) in April, I had high hopes for all the things I’d be able to do with/on it. My laptop is getting old (5…

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    Read more about the article Cook Your Own Stories

    Cook Your Own Stories

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:31/01/2021
    • Post category:How Fiction Works/Literature Ambassador/Writer Opps/Writing
    • Post comments:6 Comments

    Literary Diet, the final dayTomorrow it won't be January any more, which feels rather abrupt. But there are still a few hours left of the month in which The Guardian…

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    Read more about the article Book Week Scotland 2020

    Book Week Scotland 2020

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:16/11/2020
    • Post category:Book Event/Literature Ambassador
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Book Week Scotland 2020 is upon us like the softest of eiderdowns, fashioned from a patchwork of fabric cut from the frocks in a dress-up chest. This year's theme is…

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    Read more about the article Enchanted Lands

    Enchanted Lands

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:08/03/2020
    • Post category:Literature Ambassador/Writer's Life/Writing
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    What is an enchanted land? Does it have to be outside, like a forest or a wild-flower meadow, or can it be inside, like a kitchen in which a pie…

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    Read more about the article The Short Story: Opening Lines: A Perfect Day for Bananafish

    The Short Story: Opening Lines: A Perfect Day for Bananafish

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:27/01/2020
    • Post category:How Fiction Works/Writing
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    ‘There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost…

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    Read more about the article An Apology, of Sorts

    An Apology, of Sorts

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:18/11/2019
    • Post category:Writer's Life/Writing
    • Post comments:2 Comments

    I've put the following message on my Home page, but thought it worth putting in a blog post too, mostly because I don't suppose many people look at my Home…

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    Read more about the article Literature Ambassador: Writer Opps: Tom-Gallon Award

    Literature Ambassador: Writer Opps: Tom-Gallon Award

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:21/10/2019
    • Post category:Literature Ambassador/Writer Opps
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    If you've been writing short-stories for long enough to have at least one published, you'll have discovered there's very little money for those of us who favour the genre. So…

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    Read more about the article Research & Motivation (or is it the other way round?)
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    Research & Motivation (or is it the other way round?)

    • Post author:Eryl
    • Post published:27/05/2019
    • Post category:Literature Ambassador/Weekend Post/Wigtown/Writer's Life
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    I'm currently writing a novel about a shit-storm that ensues when a small Scottish community decides to buy the island it inhabits from the wealthy, always absent and appallingly neglectful,…

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