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Village hall proprietor-DFA Creative Writing University of Glasgow (The Scottish Exiles/Writing Scotland as Other)-Festival tat stall Get It Here!-Universal Credit & the Self-Employed-Scottish independence-Permaculture-Land law. Need an agent.
I don’t think friends who aren’t willing to read it would be any use at all.

Find readers who love the genre you write in, and who would buy the novel when published. They are the only critics who matter
January 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I met him when I was doing work experience at Matrix, and I liked his vibe very much. Saw him in action at a SIAC case - and he won for his immigrant client
January 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember that when Rabinder Singh represented the government he was, as a barrister, professionally & ethically bound to a) take the case & b) make the best case he could for his client. Unfortunately for his opponents he is an excellent lawyer
January 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I would be genuinely frightened in that room
January 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Lime. That’s what gets them going. Breathabilty. Surprised it’s only 22,000 really
January 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Presumably there is at least one Lord of the Rings fan at the Met Office.

Next will be storm Frodo
January 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I just look at Elon Musk and think ‘Oh, he’s put on a bit of weight’.

This technique of shallow judging on the basis of appearance and body shape has sidelined and diminished the capabilities and effectiveness of women for generations.

Might it now do the same to Musk
January 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I hope it went OK Rose, and you’ll soon be able to re-focus on the important things in life like Snoopy and Bagpuss.

I know people say ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’, but my philosophy is ‘Don’t sweat the big stuff’! x
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
No, no don’t! Leave it as it is.

How else are non-conformist outbuildings to be promulgated?
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Oh, they had them then, too - or was it a Nostradamus moment?
January 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I was SO sure Postman Pat was hairy! Damn
January 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Didn’t have a TV?
January 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I think that was before the cuts.

Our postman at Start Point walked 13 miles a day, without a pony and carriage
cuts.as
January 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
All my Twitter-beefs were utterly consequential.

My inconsequential beef was on Bluesky. A photographer got irate because someone posted a stylistic diagram of several aligned planets. He described it as “false shit” because it did not depict the real sky. His own example was black with white specs
January 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ohh, why does my ever-inappropriate brain always see humour in the face of tragedy?

I can’t help putting inverted commas around your post and seeing it as a caption to the picture!

I hope the speaker’s 92 year old bird-mum gets better soon!
January 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It was a few years ago now, but I think my friend got a no-frills deal for £17.

She didn’t like him though- abusive ex partner, she was only arranging the funeral because he died intestate and she was the Deputy for her brain damaged son who was appointed executor

Much dearer if you like them
January 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I love propaganda that succinctly paraphrases all the beliefs I already held, extrapolates from them into applications I have not previously envisaged, and summarises into a snappy 140 character retort, infused with wry humour.

Oh, and supplies authoritative links to substantiate it.
January 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Oh, you sound quite interesting, in the wider scheme of things
January 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I thought it was a Freudian slip in the Bible printing department…
January 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It does sort of matter that people are prepared to change the ‘facts’ (literary competence) to suit a new personal narrative.

Recognising merit, but now deciding to boycott the person & their work is more honest. (Hypothetically. I was genuinely never mad keen on his stuff)
January 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM