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The Friday Fishwrap Celebrates Summer!
Best Wishes, Dear George: The BBC Trust has chosen George Entwistle as it’s new Director General. To thatwe say Huzzah! Despite the many and varied challenges he will be facing, the Friday Fishwrap thinks this is a brilliant move on the … Continue reading →
Monday Musings: Baked And Overloaded
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The problem with self-publishing is: too many books are published too soon. Count my voice as just one amongst many across the publishing world that continue to advise self-publishers to … Continue reading →
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Monday Musings: And Another Thing
The Gods We Pray To? Writers tend to invoke a variety of deities, and not just “the one, all seeing, almighty” during the course of a writing day. We pray for Wisdom, to know what to write that will get … Continue reading →
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The Friday Fishwrap: Fails The Turing Test
Touring Turing Take a spin around the World Wide Web today and tomorrow and you’ll see many different posts about the amazing yet far too short life of Alan Mathison Turing. The Alan Turing Year: 2012 marks the celebration of the life … Continue reading →
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The Friday Fishwrap Goes For A Song
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” ~Victor Hugo Writing may be a solitary endeavour, but rarely is it a silent one, not even when you’re sitting in a great library. … Continue reading →
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The Friday Fishwrap: Remembers When
This has been a week to remember the past and look forward to the future. On Tuesday, June fifth, 2012 we said a sad farewell to a great author. Ray Bradbury was 91 years old. Although he is remembered most for … Continue reading →
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Terrible Tuesday: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back.
A long time ago, when someone learned a trade they had to first learn to make the tools of their trade before they could apprentice with a master craftsman. As a tradesman learned to use those tools in the pursuit … Continue reading →
The Friday Fishwrap: A Moment Of Silence
RIP Maurice Sendak Avengers on Parade © 2012 – AgarthanGuide
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Monday Musings: Once Upon A Monday Dreary
“It’s quarter to three, and there’s no one in this place, except you and me….” Since we’re not in a bar, you’ll have to chose your own libation of choice. This past Friday, the argument between The Authors Guild and … Continue reading →
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Just My Pure Dumb Luck
“We’re playing Author Tag, and you’re it.” My reaction? Yeah, right… like I have time to play when my world is crumbling and crashing down around me. When the fate of the free world, not to mention several deadlines are … Continue reading →
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