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Why planning policy is like #WW1 #LestWeForget
Why planning policy is like #WW1 #LestWeForget I like to read Twitter. It’s a great source of news. Better than Facebook, which is very inward looking and often tries to guess what you’re thinking. You do, to some extent, … Continue reading
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The Journey To Publication by Elli Woollard – this is brilliant!
Publication, publication; that’s your final destination. Think of words you want to say, then stare at Twitter half the day. Publication, publication. Leave aside procrastination! Write your socks … Source: The Journey To Publication by Elli Woollard
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Review of Lost on Mars by Paul Magrs
I can’t wait to read the second instalment of this trilogy. I am still thinking about the characters and the hard life they led on Mars, trying to grow enough to eat, like early settlers in the United States. And … Continue reading
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Tagged colonisation, Mars, Paul Magrs, pioneers, settlers, Writing, YAfiction, YAspace, young adult fiction
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Everything in the Garden is Rosy
I write this in response to my friend Anna commenting on how full my garden looked last Thursday, and because of our conversation about how the world of Facebook is fake, or on the edge. Everything in the Garden … Continue reading
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Are you being influenced? #amediting
I recently opened a box that had been moving between lofts, and found myself a present, a book of poetry written down from 1993 to 1995, a flowery hardback book with fountain-pen entries, signed just in case. Now, at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative writing, creative writing degree, Hugo Williams, influences, poetry, trains
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Simon Says Three: Your Sweetness is my Weakness
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Simon Says Three Your Sweetness is my weakness So here we were for the jam. I’ve always liked the idea of a jam, if I’m honest, though not the fruit kind. More, the getting…
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My poem about the Chibok schoolgirls. #amediting #bringbackourgirls
Yesterday I was reading the paper and a story caught my eye. It was about the 276 schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Northern Nigeria two years ago. I thought I had read that many of these … Continue reading
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Tagged violence against women
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Would Teachers Waste?
When teachers are too tired to write they photocopy pages of complicated, useless things That seem to last for ages. They could have written notes themselves that we could understand. If we could read their writing in their very … Continue reading
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About Friends of Codnor Common: About us
Formed in 2013, we are a non-profit making organisation dedicated to preserving and enhancing these ancient lands. We share a love of Codnor Common, land between the villages of Codnor, Waingroves and the town of Ripley, and our members come … Continue reading
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About Friends of Codnor Common: The Neighbourhood Plan and Local Green Space
Planning legislation introduced in March 2012 enables communities to identify areas of open space that are particularly important to them for special protection, called Local Green Space. To this end, Friends of Codnor Common launched a petition to bring pressure … Continue reading
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