A.S. Thomson

  • Tea Cup Dog

    Mum and I were in the newsagents where a cute Jack Russell jumped up at us, tail wagging happily. We paid for our paper and left the shop. Me: Mum, that was a friendly wee dog, wasn’t it? Mum: You want a cup of tea? Me: No, I’m talking about the dog. Mum: Oh, I…

  • Answering the Phone

    We came from holiday to find mum had unplugged the router, lamp and Hifi. Me: Why did you unplug everything, Mum? Mum: The phone was ringing and I couldn’t find it. There was a noise coming from in here too (we have cordless phones & a traditional one) so I unplugged stuff till it stopped. Me: That…

  • Bargain

    I took my mum to TKMaxx Mum: Annette, Annette, look at this! It’s only £6! Me: What is it? Mum: Dunno, but it’s only £6!

  • Email

    The phone rings: Mum: I sent you an email. Me: Mum, you don’t have a computer. Mum: No, on the phone. Me: Ah, you left a phone message? Mum: That’s what I said.

  • Stylish Blogger Award

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] My thanks go to the lovely Sarah who passed on the Stylish Blogger Award to me. First, I have to say that there is no one less deserving of a ‘stylish’ award: I spend my days kicking around in a jeans and a jumper or jumper AND cardigan (depending on whether it…

  • A Hairy Post

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I dyed my hair this morning and it didn’t go quite as I had hoped. The colour ended up darker and

  • Drood by Dan Simmons

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The narrator of this epic tale (nearly 800 pages) is William Wilkie Collins, author of the Woman In White and friend of Charles Dickens.  When Dickens, his young mistress and her mother survive the Staplehurst Rail Disaster, he tells his friend about the atrocities he saw and how he tried to help.…

  • What Genre Should I Write – A Quiz

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] In the best spirit of Cosmo, the Jacky and many other teenage magazines, I thought we’d have a fun quiz to see what genre you should be writing in. Eyes down! 1. You’re out for a walk in a country park. Do you –

  • Random by Craig Robertson

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] We have a legal system so that the courts can take responsibility for meting out justice, taking decisions regarding punishment away from those who have been offended against and making that justice impartial instead of fueled  by revenge. But what if those courts let you down? This is the situation the main…

  • The Cleansing Flames by R.N. Morris

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I don’t know much about Russian history. I know that there was a revolution at the beginning of the twentieth century where the Tzar and ruling classes were overthrown; I’d heard about the whole Anastasia thing and I knew that Russians were always the baddies in the best James Bond films. I…

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