I am a very lucky girl to have so many talented friends. I have friends from whom I can pump information about the law (in Scotland), classical music, opera, dance, ballet, horticulture, interior design, museum design, industrial construction, diving and deeeeeep diving, cakes, the provision of water for an entire country (funny I never tend to ask her many questions), the internet and most things tech, advertising (same person and an impressive force to reckon with), print and design, national tourism, e-bay, the property market, internal corporate communications, international project and/or event management, sales, life and executive coaching, knitting – … Continue reading A complaint to Hodder and Stoughton

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Just sorting through

February 27, 2010March 16, 2011 Writing The Long Way Around

wheat/chafe, rough/diamonds, cream/crop, fairy dust/dust bunnies, frog’s/prince’s, haystacks/needles, utter crap/nuggets of writing that you feel you can work with – oooh sump’n shiny…etcetera, etcetera, and so on… go-on, go-on, go-on, go-on, go-on. Continue reading Just sorting through

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But that’s not what I meant!

February 20, 2010March 16, 2011 Writing The Long Way Around

Luckily I checked a word on askoxford just before using it in a Twitter update. The word had absolutely no relation to what I was saying and I am so relieved that I checked! Whew. Continue reading But that’s not what I meant!

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Wha’s like us? Damn few an’ they’re a’ deid!

February 19, 2010September 7, 2010 Writing The Long Way Around

When it comes to being Scottish, I aspire to the Sean Connery school of practice – delighted to have a say in the running of the country but really prefer not to live there. It’s not just because of Alex Salmond, but also the weather which seems to be permanently turned to cold and wet. A Sean Connery mascot style role, flown in for parties and ceremonies sounds much nicer. Please don’t think I am not proud to be Scottish. I am – most of the time. I think my country is beautiful and I feel rather spiritually connected to the … Continue reading Wha’s like us? Damn few an’ they’re a’ deid!

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Speech vs. Writing

February 6, 2010March 16, 2011 Writing The Long Way Around

It’s odd sometimes what you wake up thinking about. Take this morning for example. My head is all a whirl with Plato’s Phaedrus and Derrida’s deconstruction of Phaedrus to show that Plato the old sock, argued against himself when he insisted that writing is secondary and lesser to speech. Please don’t expect quotes at this time, or any further exploratory blurb about Derrida. It is not quite 9am and I haven’t even sipped my coffee yet and to be honest, at this stage, I would only be regurgitating facts rather than imparting real knowledge. The whole speech/writing thing came up … Continue reading Speech vs. Writing