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Odd Poems A world in verse.
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When I first started writing, I wrote in the Methil dialect. Obviously, this made it somewhat difficult for most people to read. Then, I had to contend with all the ‘experts’ who told me that Scots was not written that way. The ‘apologetic apostrophe’ was the main complaint. Sir Walter Scott may have used it, […] 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, […] See the fool performing Supple of limb And able to pat himself on the back While he fills his face at the table of others. What a gymnast! Hear the fool talking Loud of voice And able to make himself heard Though none of the words has meaning. What a trumpet! Watch the fool strutting […] It won’t be long, now. I know. I’ve been here before. And this time will be the last… I can see the tears quite clearly. The hunting clarity of my youth may be gone, but the years together have worn away all secrets. They’re trying to be brave, and they’re trying to be kind, and […] The next story has begun. The latest in the ‘Annexe’ series, ‘The College Bike’, will be written, updated, corrected, and just plain shuffled around till it is finished. Read it only if you want to follow its progress. You don’t know how it will end, because I’m the author – and I don’t know how […] Just finished the final draft of ‘The Game of Snooker’. Will take a break (pun!) for a little while, before moving on to the next story. Don’t get too upset if you spot the odd grammatical snafu, or spelling error. That is normal. After a while, I’ll go back to the story in my Editor […] I’m rapidly coming to the end of ‘The Game of Snooker’, the latest addition to my ‘Annexe’ series. What started off as 3 chapters, rapidly grew to 6. The characters developed a life of their own, and virtually wrote the story. I felt more like their biographer! The twists and turns came as a […] 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 […] Having recently completed the latest in the ‘Lower Methil Annexe’ series – ‘Bathsheba and the Grapes’, I thought that it was time to work on the next story – ‘The Game of Snooker’. I write my stories using a programme called ‘Scrivener’ (Recommended! They let you try it for free. I liked it, and bought […] |
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