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Snooker and Other Pursuits

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, then you will remember that I was running a series on my travels down the East Coast of the USA. I will be getting back to that soon, but first, I’ll be working on the latest story in my ‘Annexe’ series.

The Game of Snooker

You can follow the story as I write, re-read, edit, correct and re-edit it. Only have the final chapter to go – ‘Ragnarok’ (The Twilight of the Gods). Who says that you can’t have fancy titles?

Before I start on the next story – 3 to go – I’ll take a little break and bring in the USA road-trip, Pennsylvania to South Carolina, passing through New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina. In 2 days! Quite a drive, and nothing quite as planned. Make a change from a few nights ago, when I lay awake at 3 in the morning, planning and plotting a snooker match. The story comes when it feels like it, though middle of the night sessions are somewhat rare – thankfully! So have a little sympathy with the author, the next time you read a book …
… unless it is recommended by Richard and Judy’s Book Club. If you have to be told what to read, then you are enslaved. Free yourself from your shackles and read what the heck you feel like. Corn-Flake boxes, toilet roll wrappers, anything at all. Read what you fancy. Cowboys in the American West used to read out aloud, the labels on tins of preserves, just to make entertainment for the evening. I am quite happy if you wish to read my writings, but if you want to read a sauce bottle, then who am I to complain …
… though you might want to do both. If so, try …

The Midnight Cowboy

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