A.S. Thomson

  • Book Review: The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] “A human body starts to decompose four minutes after death.” So starts The Chemistry Of Death by Simon Beckett and this macabre beginning sets the tone for the horror that will unfold in the village of Manham as the bodies of two apparently unrelated woman are found.

  • Why I Don’t Fancy George Clooney

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] When I was little girl, my first crush was Liberace. I played piano and he was the only other person I’d seen on TV playing piano, so to an innocent seven-year old, it made sense.

  • A Saga For Our Times

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The other night Himself and I were chatting about what we’d do for our 25th wedding anniversary. It’s not imminent, but I like to plan ahead. “How about a cruise?” he suggested. “Sounds grand.” “Not wanting to be cheeky,” interrupted our Darling Daughter, “but would you consider a Saga cruise? You’d have…

  • A Poem For Our Times

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’m not usually one for poetry, but I wrote this a few years ago when our bins started to be emptied only once a fortnight. This upset me. A lot. It’s written in the Glaswegian dialect, but I think you should be able to understand it anyway. On Recycling Poo poo clenny…

  • Road Trip

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] My family takes a lot of road trips. We mainly holiday in the UK, driving to our destination and when we moved up north of Aberdeen over 10 years ago, we used to take many trips ‘home’ to visit family and friends. We always have fun on these trips, but they often…

  • Happy New Year

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] As 2010 ends our attention starts to shift to the year ahead. We look back on all that happened during the previous twelve months and start to formulate our hopes and dreams for the next year before us. Invariably, this ends up in a few tears and some well-intentioned New Year’s Resolutions.…

  • The Twelve Writery Days Of Christmas

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me   An Oxford English Dictionary. On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me Two SAEs And an Oxford English Dictionary. On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me Three Red pens Two SAEs…

  • The Awful Truth

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I imagine that most of you reading this will know me on twitter as @NettieWriter and some of you will have given me a #FollowFriday or #WriterWednesday recommendation. I always appreciate these, even though I may not personally reply to each one. Many of my shout-outs tell others how ‘really nice’ I…

  • Why I became Undercover Elephant

    I changed my avatar on Facebook recently. Several of my friends posted a request that you do so to show support of a campaign to end child violence and so I obliged. Do I support an end to child violence? Of course I do. Do I think that changing my avatar will make a difference?…

  • Amazon Web Splash: Help Talli Roland hot the Bestseller List

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Help Talli Roland’s debut novel THE HATING GAME hit the Kindle bestseller list at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk by spreading the word today. Even a few sales in a short period of time on Amazon helps push the book up the rankings, making it more visible to other readers. Amazon.co.uk: http://amzn.to/hNBkJk Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/hX2ieD…

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