MarkR

MarkR

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If Sir Terry was to write about an animal rescue centre and wildlife hospital we expect he'd have called it WhisksWorld. But he hasn't finished that WIP although he has heard the Call Of The Wild [http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/uk-england-somerse
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  • Are you a ...?
    Unpublished writer (so far)
    What genre do you primarily write in?
    General fiction
    Are your reading habits ...?
    Too embarrassing to admit to
    Who is your favourite author(s)?
    Richard Bach, Roald Dahl, Nick Hornby, Cecelia Ahern
    And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
    Cyrano - Geraldine McCaugrehan Illusions - Richard Bach Where Rainbows End - Cecelia Ahern The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud -
    What are your working habits when you write?
    Procastinatory
    Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
    Prefer to let rip and edit afterwards
    Your ultimate writing ambition?
    For someone to get what I'm saying, then get published, then have lots and lots of people get what I'm saying.
    Your worst habit?
    Not for print!
    Your opinion on the books industry?
    It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
    Where do you write?
    In my head, all the time
    What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
    A few of my favourite things: - music (lots and various) - the cat sleeping in the crook of my left arm - gooseberry&elderflower jam - a badger eating peanuts on the lawn - Bath City FC - other writers - SecretWorld - Bath Ales + Pieminister Pies

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    MarkR
    "MarkR" commented on stephenterry's Blog "Samui Secrets change of title and book cover...".
    Two too
    8 hours ago
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    "MarkR" commented on Jill's Blog "Can we love too much?".
    I'm going to disagree with myself in a minute - but I'd say yes. Love in its purest, perhaps simplest, form has always intrigued and inspired me. Beautiful beyond expression and fascinating as it is, I'm increasingly coming round to the notion that ...
    8 hours ago
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    MarkR
    MarkR If Sir Terry was to write about an animal rescue centre and wildlife hospital we expect he'd have called it WhisksWorld. But he hasn't finished that WIP although he has heard the Call Of The Wild [http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/uk-england-somerset-16815257f]
    7 days ago
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    MarkR If Sir Terry was to write about an animal rescue centre and wildlife hospital we expect he'd have called it WhisksWorld. But he hasn't finished that WIP although he has heard the Call Of The Wild http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-somerset-16815257&h=2AQGARQyK
    7 days ago
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    "MarkR" commented on Gemma Gladstone's Blog "REGISTERING AS SELF-EMPLOYED BEFORE YOU GAIN AN INCOME FROM WRITING".
    Very interesting Emma and others. Thanks. Thanks again Gemma
    8 days ago
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    "MarkR" commented on Gemma Gladstone's Blog "REGISTERING AS SELF-EMPLOYED BEFORE YOU GAIN AN INCOME FROM WRITING".
    Very interesting Gemma. Thanks for sharing. I have a vague recollection, but no idea where from, that it wasn't so simple if you were an employee and writing 'income' was a fraction of your wage - under those circumstances the tax people treat it ...
    9 days ago
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    MarkR is inspired by people who rescue wildlife
    10 days ago
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    • Jill
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      Jill Jill did sleep well and feels more like her old self this morning! :) Mr J never at Abbey Wood - it was Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol when he joined. Lo-oong time ago. Has just retired after 50 years in the workplace with only the first few in private practice!! Have a lovely day.
      7 days ago
    • Jill
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      Jill :) Our Whisks, for one, inspires me too. Have a writerly inspirational Sunday, Mark.
      10 days ago
    • MarkR
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      MarkR Thanks Jill. Whisks is an inspiration and a cracking writer. I'm hoping to become a trustee of a wildlife charity and was interviewed yesterday morning. Am mid-Badger poem today. Have a good day too.
      9 days ago
    • Jill
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      Jill No doubt at all that you will be accepted as a trustee - how wonderful. Any chance of peeking at your Badger poem, when it is finished? :)
      9 days ago
    • MarkR
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      MarkR I'm hopimg Jill but we'll see. I intend to submit the poem for comp so can't post i, but will message you if you like when it's ready. Hope you're doing well and keeping warm!!
      8 days ago
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      Jill Fingers crossed for trustee post and poem's comp success. I am fine and warm, but, on the subject of poems, I am about to run one past a Cloudie again. It is a significant one for me and is for the SSAFA project on here. Hoping that, once I have typed it in a pm, the darn thing will let me go to bed!!
      8 days ago
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      MarkR Happy to read your poem Jill. I might yet play into the SSAFA project but don't want to over-commit and not keep a promise. I work in MOD so have a connection to the forces, like a lot of people of course. Put another log on the fire tonight.
      7 days ago
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      Jill Hey - coincidence! Hubby just retired from MOD and that is the connection for my poem. Cyprus '74. Mr J has worked in Bristol and Bath. Long time ago. If I remember correctly he started off in the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, but there have been so many name and other changes during his career. It's a small world. As for the poem, I will be posting on the Group wall soon and would welcome your comment. It seems to be completing some circle for me and has shifted something at a very deep level from the trauma we were caught up in. Going for an early night now and hopefully will sleep like a babe! :)
      7 days ago
    • MarkR
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      MarkR As Jill sleeps like a full kitten, Mr R, who works in Bath and Bristol might have rubbed shoulders with Mr J at Abbey Wood perhaps. I'll look forward to reading Cyprus '74 for sure. Night night
      7 days ago
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      Jill Jill did sleep well and feels more like her old self this morning! :) Mr J never at Abbey Wood - it was Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol when he joined. Lo-oong time ago. Has just retired after 50 years in the workplace with only the first few in private practice!! Have a lovely day.
      7 days ago
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    MarkR
    MarkR is inspired by people who rescue wild animals
    10 days ago
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    MarkR
    "MarkR" commented on EleanorW's Blog "There's a problem with 'privileges' here?".
    HI Eleanor, it's never been a problem to me but on checking I find I can edit/delete my posts in my blogs and in others. Handy for typos I've found. But I can't delete the comments of others, nor would I wish to. Not sure why your permissions are ...
    10 days ago

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  • Jill
    by Jill 1 month ago
    Glad all calm and the shed WILL wait, it will have to! I'm feeling 'icky' as well. It seems, from other comments noted, that a virus has invaded our Cloudland.
  • Jill
    by Jill 1 month ago
    :) Hope it's starry and calm in Bath - used to live nearby.
  • Amarantha
    by Amarantha 6 months ago
    Mark, writing in the style of a Master is not plagiarism. I watched the video you included and could see how you were inspired by Jesse J.

    You couldn't have written your blog as well as you did without loving the music and and feeling the rhythm. My sound is always muted for fear of having my ears blasted unexpectedly but I see you have "Windmills of Your Mind" in your collection too. That's an old favourite of mine and of my Father's (1906-1973) so it must be a timeless Clessic.

    I never heard it by Alison Moyet. Think I'll turn on the sound and see what Alison made of it.
  • Amarantha
    by Amarantha 6 months ago
    As I suspected. You are not a one-art artist, Mark. :-)
  • Barb
    by Barb 8 months ago
    I think she was tearing the place up. Something to do with absinthe flavoured cheesecake.
  • Kiki
    by Kiki 8 months ago
    Of course you can use my SAS acronym :)
  • Caducean Whisks
    by Caducean Whisks 8 months ago
    Thanks. And also for the choreography advice :)
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    by Caducean Whisks 9 months ago
    Thank you for your instructive post on how to bring up a woodpecker - I shall apply the lessons forthwith. That's if he IS a woodpecker - still think he's a velociraptor :)
  • Gerilyn
    by Gerilyn 9 months ago
    Thanks for the comments on my pic, Mark. Maybe I could practice drawing badgers too.... I bet there is a market for prints of British wild life. They'd look nice in graphite pencil I think.
  • Autumn
    by Autumn 10 months ago
    :) Well.... seeing as you asked.....
    I'm struggling with this week's homework. Have to plot my next novel! (That's all!) Barb has been her usual lovely helpful self and sent me a few suggestions for how to go about it; I have a new notebook; I have index cards; I have post-its in 4 colours; I have a pen. I have 3 full days to write this week! And am finding soooooo much essential housework to do instead...

    How's your writing going??
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