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Truth, As Strange As Fiction: Bothered, Part 1
Originally posted on Books & Entertainment Network:
Truth, As Strange As Fiction: Bothered, Part 1 by JD Holiday ©May 2018 When I was thirteen I was called out of my class by the principal, Mr. Carrolio. The principal led the way ahead of me into the main stairwell. We…
…the gift of sight… all too often among things I take for granted…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…as a wee lad of barely 4 years of age, this ol’ Scots Jurassic scribbler was already an avid reader… the local public library in Elder Park in Docklands, Govan in Glasgow, where I grew up, was an oasis in an area deprived of many things… the junior section encouraged…
How To Motivate Yourself To Exercise.
Originally posted on Some Words That Say What I Think:
When I first started doing exercise, I found it quite hard to motivate myself so I bought an ambitious amount of sportswear in the hope that wearing it would help me get into the mind-set of an athlete. I reasoned that, if I looked like…
…a HUGE thanks to you wunnerful listeners who’ve downloaded my Audio Book…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…one of my favorite poems is Walter De La Mere’s ‘THE LISTENERS‘, published just over a hundred years ago in 1912… fast forward to the present day, and still among my favourites is a new breed of ‘Listeners’… the good folks who’ve honoured me by downloading my maiden foray into…
SO WHAT THE HELL IS A COSY MYSTERY ANYWAY?
Originally posted on Books & Entertainment Network:
YA I BET Y’ALL WANTED TO KNOW! By definition according to Wikipedia: Cozy mysteries, also referred to as “cozies”, are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. Cozies thus stand in contrast to hardboiled fiction, which…
…the digital dumbing down of wordsmithing and numeracy… p’raps all is not yet lost…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…many of yeez of a certain age will recall the basic schooling process of the three ‘R’s… Reading, (W)’Riting and (A)’Rithmetic… happily, this ol’ Scots Jurassic has always enjoyed WURDS and NUMBERS… I firmly believe that’s down to the intrigue of connectivity I found between ‘communication’ and ‘understanding’ – two…
Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #199 Obsessed & You
Originally posted on Annette Rochelle Aben:
If you have to choose Be obsessed with chocolate And make your life sweet ©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/04/30/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-199-obsessedyou/
…manners, respect, politeness… yes, they DO exist aplenty…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…this ol’ Scots Jurassic scribbler is as susceptible as the next person to knee-jerk reactions to headline nonsense on the news channels, even though I watch SKYNews, coz it’s so bad it’s good, if yeez get my drift… the incendiary commentary that spews so facilely from ‘experts’ is fashioned in…
…a few thoughts on reviews… one of the most valuable commodities for Authors…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I’m appalled to learn from news snippets on the Web recently that the pernicious practice of false reviews being purchased on Amazon is rife… as a scribbler myself, I consider each and every review that any of my WURKS attract is a a precious commodity… …since first dipping my authorly…
…aren’t top Literary Agents and Big Five Publishers imaginary species?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…this ol’ Scots Jurassic scribbler has long since realized that any complaining or whining from me, about anything, seldom achieves positive results… and that fact pertains especially to my publishing aspirations… over the past ten years, I’ve experienced the sum’time exhilarating, sum’time depressing, pendulum familiar to many authors… when my…
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