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Douglas Watkinson August 31, 2021 |
Call that a summer?
I never thought I’d be someone who groaned about the weather. It is, after all, inevitable and, yes, there’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes. Even so, here I am on the last day of August and it’s grey, cold and has been so for a month or more. The swimming pool has been…
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Douglas Watkinson May 27, 2021 |
Apology to Friends and Neighbours
I’ve always felt guilty about exploiting my friends when it comes to story ideas but it has never stopped me doing so! Whatever I learn from, or merely sense about an acquaintance or neighbour is all too often primped and twisted into a story thread. I can’t help it. I blithely tell people there’s a man in my…
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Douglas Watkinson January 20, 2021 |
The Muse Steps In…
I finished White Crane (the latest in the Nathan Hawk Murder Mysteries) and dead pleased with myself I rolled it off and gave it to The Muse to have a read. It took her two days of intense work, interrupted by the demands of her own business, and I did my usual thing of “popping in” to see…