Count the days and make them precious Live the hours as though they were your last Spare a minute to ease the fears of others In a moment all of this will pass.
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Odd Poems A world in verse.
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Count the days and make them precious Live the hours as though they were your last Spare a minute to ease the fears of others In a moment all of this will pass. For the past few weeks, I have been working on tachras, my website. A few years ago, it was totally wiped out when my, then, internet website host, went down the tubes, with no warning at all. I had to rebuild the site from my backups, notes, and original scripts. It was a massive task, […] I have been polishing, checking, re-writing and re-reading my series -The Annexe. For the past year, I have been submitting it to various publishers, and literary agents. It has been a long, frustrating process. One publisher lost the submission, then told me that they won’t be accepting any submissions until March. Well, March is here, […] I offer this quote from Gordon R Dickson, a venerable SF writer, and a favourite of mine. “Why should there be some sort of virtue always attributed to a frank admission of vice? ” Very appropriate in this age, what with famous tennis players and expense fiddling politicians. When did any misdeed become acceptable, as […] Writing can be fun, but it is almost always hard work. A few lines for a blog isn’t so bad, but writing a novel is a whole new world of effort. It can take years – writing, re-writing, editing, reading, re-editing. On and on. And when you try to get published, the real misery starts. […] Continuing on from my question “How many opticians etc.”, I find that I can add yet another line or two. I had another eye-test. All the usual flash photos and neck-breaking sessions, followed by that good old classic – “Spot the flashing light whilst you have a piece of toilet-paper wrapped around one spectacle lens!” […] Recently had cause to visit Papworth Hospital. Situated in the overflow car-park of Papworth Everard (The locals might think it’s a village, but it isn’t really. Not judging by all the cars parked in the street.) It’s a nice hospital, as far as the staff go. Friendly, helpful, hard working. An OK hospital. Not all […] |
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