Irony Given the title and contents I can’t talk*, I haven’t seriously revised Ackadia in years, something I need to correct soon. *(At the time of writing) Anyhow, someone disagreed with one of my reviews and requested a link removal. Looking at the page in question, found half the other links were dead too or […]
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Is it a conspiracy when it’s true? I normally stay well, well away from arguments about politics because there is no right of it, its not something you can ‘win’, for this though I’ll make an exception. If you read the copied article below, he just said what we all think, what we all know
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Intro I’ve flagged this as psychological rather than general mutterings but I’ll soon start work on my sites again so perhaps it will be in a ‘personal’ category. We’ll see. My wife and children think I’m having a mid-life crisis, my mum and aunty are just glad I don’t look like I’m at death’s door
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Sarcastic observation about burglar alarms. As I enter day two of “weeep, weeep, weeep” in the background, I’ll mention one of my personal hates: burglar alarms. While they do have their place, they should have a cut off after an hour or so – at most. After a while of the alarm going off you
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What makes a person a writer? What defines a writer? I guess it depends who you ask. The answer you might get from someone looking for pulp fiction for a dreary long haul flight is likely worlds apart from one a magazine editor might offer. Is it as simple as having a regular column the
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Life of a writer “Writing isn’t generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us write because we can make a modest living, or even supplement our day jobs, doing something about which we feel passionately. Even at the worst of
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Quotes for writers on perseverance, inspiration and overcoming writer’s block So, here I am, mind utterly blank, staring forlornly at a completely blank sheet of paper or as is the case here, screen, and hoping some ethereal entity will sprinkle pixie dust in my hair and get me writing. And damn it all, I just
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Intro I’ll tell you how it is for me, then I’ll shut up and let far more prodigious, established writers say it more eloquently. My style, such as it is, is down to earth, as rambling as this is now. Yes, I know, I need to work on that, but it’s still my style, I
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