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Raine replied to the topic New Blog from Emma Darwin in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago
Ugh, toothache is awful @alanr. Hope it eases. I know that guilty feeling for not writing, but sometimes its good to step away for a while too. Or at least that’s what I tell myself when school hols make time to write a rare commodity!
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Raine replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 7 months ago
Naomi ALderman is great @squidge! Not always a comfortable read, but (haha) very powerful. I loved The Power, and I’ve also just read her newest – The LIars Gospel, which you might enjoy. I think. Some might not like the angle it takes, but I thought it was beautiful in its own way.
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Sandra posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
An anthology of poetry, kept beside the loo, results in a LOT more poetry being read than if I keep it by the bed.
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lol! I used to read poetry way more than I do now. Perhaps I should try your trick! Or by the kettle, to read whilst waiting for it to boil?
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I’ve been reading a bit more lately. The resurgence started after I bought Alan Bennett’s ‘Six Poets’ selection for the Orkney break. I remember thinking ‘Blimey, I wouldn’t have chosen that’ and never looked back
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Ath, Did you ever get round to reading Orkney’s no.1 poet, George McKay Brown?
The anthology I’m currently reading is 1992-2001.-
embarrassed to admit that I said I would, but I didn’t. However…I have just bought his collected works and am looking forward to some light and delightful reading if these words from ‘the poet’ are typical: When all the dancers and masks had gone inside
His cold stare
Returned to its true task, interrogation of silence.-
collected ‘poems’ not works
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Yup – that sounds like GMB – he inspired so much of my print work when I was at college.
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I wish I had been inspired at art school. I allowed myself to be ‘shaped’ into a worse artist than when I arrived.
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At least I had the courage to quit and go to university. Ah! The world of grants and state-paid fees.
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Benefit of being a ‘mature’ (haha) student.
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Did somebody in this thread alter or delete a reply? Just curious because a lot of it seems to have disappeared
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Yeah I found that- then THIS time I see above your last comment a box saying SHOW ALL 10 COMMENTS so perhaps it’s a space-saving gimmick.
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Ah – and it doesn’t work 100 percent.
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I can highly recommend Wild Embers by Nikita Gill. Her stuff is beautiful and makes me cry quite a lot! Also got Kumukanda by Kayo Chingonyi which is good too. A lot about coming from Zambia to the UK, which my mum did, so it feels personal in some ways.
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I’m finding it’s not the beautiful but the thought-provoking, recognition of something previously unvoiced that is currently jolting me into appreciation.
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Jonathan replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago
Great blog, Skylark, and it’s so good to have seen your journey through the cloud and onto that stage (though I wasn’t there this year, you know what I mean). Long may it all continue! 🙂 Laughed at the train incident though. I did something similar when I was about 18 or so and had a few shandies. Difference was this was an older train where the…[Read more]
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Hilary replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago
Thanks for posting this, Skylark. I, too, was very sorry to miss your speech, but glad to hear about it and glad it all went well. You continue to be an inspiration to others of us who are taking a LONG time!
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Baz Baron replied to the topic Writing Advice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago
Good tip @John T I’ll try that.
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Baz Baron replied to the topic Writing Advice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago
I downloaded a voice recorder app for my mobile so that when I’m out and about finding inspiration on my country walks, I can record ideas that pop into my head and save the mp3 files into their own folder for future use.
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Baz Baron posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
@raine so, you like Toblerone eh? how about this for an unhealthy snack: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1503633/toblerone-cheesecake – he he he!
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Ye gods!
But…digestive biscuits are healthy too, right?
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John T replied to the topic Writing Advice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago
One I picked up from Brian Keaney at York for intense, magical or transformational scenes (to be used sparingly). Write it as prose, rewrite it as poetry (however crappy) then rewrite it again as prose. The idea is to knock away your own familiar turns of phrase and find a different language. I’ve already tried it in the last couple of days, and…[Read more]
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Debi Alper replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago
I can see replies here @KazG but can’t see where they are in the thread or how to continue the conversation. Pfft. I’m currently trying to get to grips with the new platform for the course before it starts tomorrow so I’m probably being dense. Just want to say I’m eagerly awaiting a link to say you have a deal (!!!) so I can add you to our Hall of Fame.
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Raine posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Am trying to convince myself that toblerone counts as a healthy snack because almonds.
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I had the sane thought this morning about jam, because fruit. Also it was home made and I must have burned off a few calories mashing the fruit and stirring it
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That’s the same reasoning that makes me walk 15 minutes to the chip shop, Daedalus.
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The logic is incontestable
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Raine!! You’ve Toblerone? I think that is a word that should be banned from this site for setting up an atmosphere of deep envy and greed. And nasty thoughts towards those that have when I have not. .
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All calories fall out of food once you break them up. So toblerone only has calories until you snap a piece off, then poof. All gone.
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From this robust survey, it sounds incontrovertibly like toblerone is indeed healthy. Sandra I will save you a triangle for next time we meet up. Maybe.
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Almonds, Raine – healthy of course.
And honey, which is healthy because it is bee-puke, which is about as natural (and therefore healthy) as anything can be.
And there’s chocolate, which is made of milk – naturally, this is healthy because cows are healthy and these are Swiss cows so they eat Swiss grass and the Swiss are very healthy because of…[Read more]-
What Mad said 😀
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SWISS COWS! How could I forget! That adds at least 30% to the healthiness.
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Raine replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 7 months ago
@alanr It’s definitely v tricky to find a balance between not selling yourself enough, and being horribly ott, isn’t it? Factual seems to work best. Actually ‘tidy’ isn’t bad! Means you havent waffled on too long or included unnecessary info which can both be fatal.
Hope the 1:1s gave you some direction for what could be changed, even the…[Read more]
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