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…sum’times yeez just have to get out there… Life’s too short not to…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…today, I’m inspired by a blog piece I read this morning from my dear friend, Authoress, Sue Vincent… I re-blogged her offering as the post prior to this one, and I exhort yeez all to have a wee read and enjoy it… Sue describes her ‘leap of faith’ in venturing…
…okay, Authors… here’s why I think it’s good for yeez to do reviews…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…every proper craftsman in the WURLD, ever since Noah, who did his Private Navy thing, has learned his trade as an apprentice… no, Mabel, not that guffy Apprentice program with the ‘look-how-tough-I-can-be-on-the-television-shouting-at-people’ executives… but sumb’dy who takes the time, usually a spread of years, to understand the nuances and intricacies…
…truly, Lads and Lassies of Blog Land, yeez are The Wind Beneath My Wings…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the phrase is more often true than not, ’there are lies, damn lies, and statistics’… but in this instance, I’m gonna sit with the reality of a statistic that swam before my eyes today… my WordPress Site Stats tell me there have now been more than 50,000 views for this…
…it’s that last-gasp ‘Rushing-To-Nowhere’ Syndrome, beloved of airline passengers…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…if yeez are inclined to study animal behaviour, I guarantee yeez’ll find no more fascinating creatures to observe than yer common-or-garden species of Shooman Being… particularly if yeez delve into the sub-species of ‘Travelling-Persons’, and even more specifically, the sub-sub-species, ‘Airline-Haunting-Traveller’ variety… these wanderers may arrive at the departure airport anywhere…
…hearing voices in yer head?… don’t worry, yeez aren’t mad… ye’re just an Author…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the say the first sign of madness is hair growing on the palm of yer hands… the second sign is looking for it… others’ll tell yeez its hearing strange voices in yer head… if yeez are an Author, relax, that’s perfectly normal… …when it began to happen with this ol’…
…’tis the Season to be wellied…Tra-la-la-la-la—La-la-la-la…hic!…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the human creature is an animal of many habits… none of which habits is more baffling than the ritual behaviour that descends on so many of its breed around the last two weeks of the year and the first week of the ensuing year… for those souls brave enuff to…
…full treatment, Sir?… we’ll sort that out right away… a cut too far…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…in my defence, I was barely eighteen years young at the time… WURLD-ly-wise I certainly was not… when I’d clocked up fifteen and a half of those years (the half is important, Mabel), this callow youth from Docklands Govan in Glasgow left the Big City to go live and WURK…
…how could I NOT feature Author, Shani Struthers… her new novel, JESSAMINE is set in the Scottish Highlands…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
SHANI STRUTHERS Born and bred in the sunny seaside town of Brighton, one of the first literary conundrums Shani had to deal with was her own name – Shani can be pronounced in a variety of ways but in this instance it’s Shay-nee not Shar-ney or Shan-ni – although she…
Meet Guest Author Princila Murrell
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Hello everyone! To start with, I wish to say “Thank you” to Chris for giving me this wonderful opportunity to introduce myself and my work. I’m happy I have to write this down instead of having to make a speech. You guessed it: I’m an…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 