A.S. Thomson

  • You’ve got a friend in me.

    I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of friendship recently. There have been a few minor crises happening around me and I have been struck by how supportive and caring my friends have been. These people have been there for me whenever things have been black; they have shared my joys and successes, hugged…

  • And They Called It Puppy Love…

    Young Love and Inappropriate Crushes. A friend and I were discussing first loves recently and it got me thinking about how inappropriate my first loves were. I’m not talking about the flesh and bones of a real boy, but about early pashes of my girlhood. One of my first crushes was Donny Osmond. I was…

  • The Chiropodist is on first base. Mum’s still in the dressing room…

    Mum visits the chiropodist in Oldmeldrum every 2 or 3 weeks. She has visited this chiropodist for around 5 years.   Mum: I got my chiropodist appointment through. It’s for a Wednesday. Me: Which Wednesday, Mum? Tomorrow? Mum: No, next week. The 11th. Oh, and I’ve to get my heart thing at the same place.…

  • Advice For Writers from David Barnett

    Today, I’m turning over my blog to the fabulous David Barnett, author of Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl who has some advice for we writers who are still waiting for the book deal. David, over to you:               First off, thank you so much to Nettie for a)…

  • Gideon Smith and The Mechanical Girl by David Barnett

    I really enjoy reading Steampunk and I have reviewed one or two here on my blog. Not every author captures the essence of the alternative Victorian technology and society as well as David Barnett does in Gideon Smith and The Mechanical Girl. So, what is this book about? Gideon Smith is the son of a…

  • The Returned by Jason Mott

    I watched some of Les Revenants (The Returned) when it was screened in the UK recently. It was very good: atmospheric, beautifully filmed, great story. So when I saw The Returned, the debut novel by Jason Mott, I had to read it. This book has many similarities to the TV series – the dead return…

  • The First Batch for #DrawingAugust

    I decided not to spam you with a new sad attempt at art each day of #drawingaugust. Instead, I’m boring you with not 1, not 2, but lots of drawings all at once. All done on m’iPad. You’re welcome.

  • The Creative Life with Victoria Bantock from What The Dickens? Magazine

    Today I am delighted to welcome the lovely Victoria Bantock from What The Dickens? Magazine to guest on my blog. Thanks Nettie for inviting me onto your lovely blog so I can rant away like mad about the things I do. As my other half will confirm, I do go on quite a bit when…

  • Tampa by Alissa Nutting

    Haven’t people got their knickers in a twist over Alissa Nutting’s Tampa? I knew it would be a controversial and difficult read before I began, but this book quite took my breath away. And I’m not entirely sure it’s a good thing. I feel I need to address the controversy separately from the book itself…

  • Me? Silent? Make me!

    This whole “Twitter Silence” thing is making me very cross today. With typical Weegie contrariness, if someone tells me not to do something, my response is “oh, you fucking think so?” and, to be honest, I could see it all far enough. I’m going through a down period. My depression is back, I have upped…

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