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Big Jessies and Rude-Boys

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It would appear while my back was turned that things have changed on the recruitment front. Now, even if you have had an interview, employers do not bother to get in touch to let you know if they want you for a second interview or if you are just not the person they have been looking for all this time. Even if you e-mail them to thank them for their time and reiterate your interest in the role and ask directly if they want you for a second interview (after a week’s wait), their response is blowing in the wind. … Continue reading Big Jessies and Rude-Boys

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Books that Change your Life

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Guest post by Gordon Binnie – diver, mountaineer-er, cyclist, runner and book devourer Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks I first read Birdsong in 1995, not long after it was published. I was incredibly moved by the story and although I have re-read the book a number of times since, I found that the impact of that first reading has not dimmed with the passage of time. The novel is in several parts and spans nearly 70 years, beginning in 1910 in the city of Amiens in northern France and ending in England in 1979. Whilst there are various stories woven throughout the book, … Continue reading Books that Change your Life

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The Writing on the Wall

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At my interview for the MA Creative Writing course, I was shown round the rather impressive facilities of the writer’s room and lounge complete with TV, DVDs, desks, books and, a full size white board for writerly use. Sadly this last facility quickly became akin to a toilet wall with very little creativity employed. Here, David Bishop shows us how to really make use of such a contraption. Continue reading The Writing on the Wall

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Scent of a Reader

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I read about literary related perfume today, and physically had to restrain the first two fingers of my right hand from plunging unaided, straight down my throat. And that is all I am going to say on this subject except that I have been hired to research appropriate emotion related scents for the following movies: The Shining, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Razorback,  Zoltan, Hound of Dracula and all/any Judd Apatow related projects. That last one is pretty easy – think drains. Blocked, neglected and stuffed full of dead bodies. Continue reading Scent of a Reader

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The Week That Was

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It has been an odd week. It started on Monday when I woke to discover my 30’s had flitted in the night, leaving no forwarding address, no thank you note and only an old bar of soap for me to sniff in remembrance. 40 is a strange age and one that is too grown up for me to understand. I am no longer a girl or young woman; I am now the age of a parent, except I don’t have any children to accurately accessorise my new years. I thought as someone not planning to have children, I would somehow be able to spend more time in my … Continue reading The Week That Was