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Judgement shall now be passed

Writing The Long Way Around

I admit it. Freely and in front of you. I make snap judgments about people often based on nothing more than what they are wearing and what they look like. Let me give you a recent example. On our first day back at university, the literary editor for the Scotsman newspaper, aka The Browser, aka Stuart Kelly, aka our Reader-in-Residence, held a literary quiz that featured a wholly original scoring system and was graciously supplemented with wine and nibbles.  I was sharing a sofa with two fellow students, one of whom I know is primarily interested in writing porn; I … Continue reading Judgement shall now be passed

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Literaturetraining and Linda Cracknell

Writing The Long Way Around

We had a guest speaker yesterday, the author Linda Cracknell whose blog is here. Linda was accompanied by Philippa Johnston the Director of Literaturetraining, an online one stop shop offering a wealth of information and resources for writers. It was a three hour session designed to get us thinking about our goals as writers, what we want to accomplish, where we want to be after graduating, in three years, in five years and crucially, how we are going to accomplish such lofty goals. Linda Cracknell took us through her journey from a standing start to where she is now. I was impressed that a published author … Continue reading Literaturetraining and Linda Cracknell

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The Perfect Partnership

Writing The Long Way Around

Bacon and eggs. Gin and tonic. Burton and Taylor. I am sure you can think of many more. I was given the perfect partnership for Christmas this year – a Sony Reader and a hot water bottle with a pink fake fur cover. Aahhhh! (although reading a book without the physical book required quite a leap of faith. I feel a bit like the Roadrunner running without noticing there is no road beneath him. ‘Sa work in progress) Continue reading The Perfect Partnership