Month: May 2010

Writing the Long Way Around2 Comments

The Sweetest Words

Writing The Long Way Around

I once bellowed ‘Fuck!’ at the top of my voice in John Lewis when after 15 attempts I still couldn’t work my new mobile phone. Since I looked up to find an entire cluck of shoppers staring at me in disgust, I have gradually become aware that I speak to myself in shops, the car, libraries, in front of my chiropractor – who has since referred me to anyone else but him, and the streets of Edinburgh in general – though my language has greatly improved. Last week in a few hurried moments when I was trying to purchase a … Continue reading The Sweetest Words

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Reading the Long Way Around

Writing The Long Way Around

For someone who has read voraciously from the age of two, hoovering up stories as fast as my parents could deliver them to my often grabbing hands, I have barely read in the 9 months since I started the course. This is partly due to my juggling of two part time jobs, a new business venture and my own writing but mainly because I was stared down by my overwhelming to read pile and globe-circumventing to read list. Since the first class when David Miller gave us a list of favourite books I have been body slammed, head snapped and … Continue reading Reading the Long Way Around