A.S. Thomson
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Media Ready, Media Savvy
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Like a typical Brit, I abhor promoting myself and my work, preferring to let others do it on my behalf. But in today’s economy where the provision of book publicists is offered to only the already successful and well-known, it is incumbent on the rest
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Lucky Seven Game
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I have been tagged by the lovely Susan Elliot Wright to take part in the Lucky Seven game where you go to page 7 or 77 of your WIP, go to line 7 and post the next 7 lines or sentences. I am juggling far too many projects at one time but…
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Arthur Miller’s Turning In His Grave
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Another Tuesday, another tesco day with mum. Mum: Are you getting anything in Tesco today? Me: Yes, a few things. I need tea, bread, rolls…and if Claire had her way I’d be bringing home a pony. Mum: Phoney? Me: PONY! Mum: What? Me: A pony! It’s for Claire. She always asks me…
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And the winner is…..
Many thanks to everyone who took the time to read the interview with Vanessa Gebbie and leave a comment to enter the draw to win a paperback copy of her wonderful book, The Coward’s Tale. I used Raffle King to pick the winner at random and am delighted to announce that the lucky recipient of…
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G is for George of the Jungle
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] This is the second of my guilty pleasures. A baby boy survives a plane crash in the jungle and is brought up by a wise, talking ape (voiced by John Cleese). Years later, an American socialite comes to the jungle to escape her overbearing fiance and when George and Ursula meet, they…
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F is for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Ferris Bueller takes the day off school and decides that his friend Cameron, should join him. He fakes sickness and when Ferris goes round to Cameron’s house, he convinces him to steal his father’s Ferrari. Together, they hoodwink the school principal into believing that there has been a death in the family…
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E is for The Exorcist
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The film opens with elderly priest Father Merrin on an archeological dig in Iraq where he finds a demonic statue. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. an actress has rented a house with her daughter Reagan while she works on a movie. Strange things begin happening in the house: there are noises in the…
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D is for Demolition Man
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] This is the first guilty secret I’m revealing during the A to Z Challenge. I love this film and I refuse to apologise for it. In 1995 John Spartan is imprisoned for recklessness in duty, causing the death of a busload of children. His quarry, Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) is also imprisoned.…
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C is for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Richard Dreyfus plays Roy Neary, a family man who has a UFO experience when driving home one night. His car is drowned in a bright, white light and the electrics break down. From that moment on, Roy is obsessed with a need to know more about what was responsible. Meanwhile, the government…
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Don’t Panic!
[tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Mum: I phoned the doctor today and it was shut ‘cos there’s some sort of big emergency.
Got any book recommendations?