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The life and thoughts of Freda Marshall, a retired Church of Scotland minister living amongst the mountains and glens of Argyll.Pages
Tag Archives: Creative writing
The Wilderness
The Wilderness is a very worthy book. Sorry if that sounds petulant, but it is one of those novels which attracts overly-effusive descriptions by the quality papers. I heard it being discussed on a TV programme during World Book Week, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged ageing, Alzheimer's disease, Creative writing, literary prizes, Samantha Harvey, The Wilderness
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Frank McCourt
Oh dear – this is me about to show myself up to be illiterate and a bit of an inverted literary snob – at least I fear it may be. Please bear with me, and if you have ever read … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Book Reviews, Writing
Tagged 'Tis, Angela's Ashes, Creative writing, culture, Frank McCourt, literature
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To create or not to create
For the sake of clarity I must make it clear that I am talking about Writing. I want to put on record that I had forgotten how stressful it is to have deadlines for handing in uni assignments. Less than … Continue reading
This week
This week I want: to tidy my desk open all the mail that is in a heap do some housework hunt out the creative writing course enjoy the autumn leaves stick to my diet As I have said before – … Continue reading