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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Paperback cover
This is what the paperback cover of Speaking of Love, to be published on 6 March 2008, will look like. If you’ve got any thoughts about it, I’d love to know. In fact, how about this: Tell me what story … Continue reading
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The Man Booker prize
And so it’s: Anne Enright for The Gathering. Congratulations to her and her book. I heard on the radio (four) news last night (have you noticed that they say ‘BBC News for Radio Four’ now instead of the old ‘BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Anne Enright, Man Booker prize, Mister Pip, sales figures, The Gathering
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The Man Booker prize
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. (That’s the one I’d like to win.) Posted by Angela Young http://www.writinglifeandtheuniverse.blogspot.com/
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The short story that was a novel …
… is a draft away from finished, but I can’t post it here because one of the competitions that I am going to submit it to requires that it has not been published in ANY form. So I shall hear … Continue reading
Posted in Sasha and Gregory, Short story that was a novel, The Old Friend
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When is a MAT harder than writing? …
… when it results in this: Describe your five strengths as a writer I found the challenge HERE and because I was busy MATing (reading readers’ and writers’ blogs to avoid writing) I told myself that I would do it, … Continue reading
Posted in Five writing strengths, MATs
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Another new first page …
… this is how it goes. Slowly. But here is a redrafted first page for the short story that was a novel. *** I drift from place to place and from year to year with such ease, now. But, despite … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Sasha and Gregory, Short story that was a novel, The Old Friend
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