Caducean Whisks

Caducean Whisks

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ONly just realised what day it is. With half an hour to spare, I alert the cloud to the following: ‘Froods’ are celebrating Towel Day across the globe to remember the work of the late British author Douglas Adams.
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  • Are you a ...?
    Unpublished writer (so far)
    What genre do you primarily write in?
    General fiction
    Are your reading habits ...?
    Sophisticated
    Who is your favourite author(s)?
    Margaret Atwood, John Steinbeck
    And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
    Oryx & Crake (Atwood), A Prayer for Owen Meany (Irving), Postcards (Proulx), Hard Facts (Spring), God of Small Things (Roy), Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), What are you like? (Enright), Canopus cycle (Lessing), Hangover Square (Hamilton), The Earth (Zola)
    What are your working habits when you write?
    Perfectly balanced
    Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
    Some self-editing
    Your ultimate writing ambition?
    To write better and continually improve
    Your worst habit?
    .
    Your opinion on the books industry?
    A conspiracy from start to finish. My work will die with me
    Where do you write?
    .
    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?
    I keep chickens and rescue foxes

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    Caducean Whisks
    Caducean Whisks ONly just realised what day it is. With half an hour to spare, I alert the cloud to the following: ‘Froods’ are celebrating Towel Day across the globe to remember the work of the late British author Douglas Adams.
    2 hours ago
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    Caducean Whisks
    "Caducean Whisks" commented on AlanP's Blog "Get real - Why bother?".
    That was a fine example, even if I say so myself. I bet Wrath wishes he's thought of it :)
    11 hours ago
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    "Caducean Whisks" commented on AlanP's Blog "Get real - Why bother?".
    Yes, I think it depends on the medium, but also very greatly on readers' / watchers' expectations. If it's clearly fiction, perhaps you can get away with thtoopid details, but if it's flagged as a documentary or news, then TV must take extreme care ...
    12 hours ago
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    "Caducean Whisks" commented on AlanP's Blog "Get real - Why bother?".
    Yeah, that's the problem when someone knows more than the author - the story loses respect, loses credibility, peeps' willingness to engage slips a tad more. They're like typos to me. If everything else is 'good', I'll overlook one or two, but more ...
    14 hours ago
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    Gerry
    Gerry commented on Caducean Whisks's wall:
    Methinks twitter is having probs - it wouldn't accept a silly tweet of mine just now...
    1 day ago
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    Caducean Whisks
    Caducean Whisks commented on Gerry's wall:
    Well I did tweet a reply to your tweet, so I defo existed a couple of hours ago. I've ceased to exist now, you say? How disconcerting for me.
    1 day ago
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    Gerry
    Gerry commented on Caducean Whisks's wall:
    Something odd just happened. I got a tweet from @WhisksTweets - and when I tried to reply twitter assured me there was no such page. (All very virtual, methinks...)
    1 day ago
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    Caducean Whisks 2nd coat of forget-me-not blue painted on raised veg box while chickens were out in garden. Chickens curious. Chickens now blue.
    1 day ago
    • Squidge
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      Squidge : )
      1 day ago
    • Raa
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      Raa Lol! :)
      1 day ago
    • Tony
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      Tony Ha ha. I wonder will they tell each other, or does their coop have a mirror?
      1 day ago
    • Skylark
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      Skylark heehee :-)
      1 day ago
    • Jill
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      Jill Now you have novelty chickens and probably a blotchy veg box. :)
      18 hours ago
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    Caducean Whisks
    Caducean Whisks commented on Skylark's wall:
    Your birthday? Truly? Well what a fine day for a birthday. Hope it stays fine, fine, fine for you, all year long.
    1 day ago
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    "Caducean Whisks" commented on Weens's Blog "Broken Glass.".
    How bizarre! I've never heard the like. It couldn't have been caused by a kick from that donkey you keep in the kitchen, could it, Weens?
    2 days ago
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    "Caducean Whisks" commented on Jill's Blog "3 Weddings & a Funeral & so much more on Santorini".
    The name 'Santorini' is so evocative, isn't it, both of past and of present? I've never been there - been slightly reluctant to go, since it sounds so gorgeous and I wouldn't want to be disappointed. But you've made me wonder again, if it might be ...
    3 days ago
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    Weens
    Weens commented on Caducean Whisks's picture.
    Oops, that should have had a question mark. I'm mucking everything up today. Time for bed, say goodnight Florence.
    4 days ago
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    Weens
    Weens commented on Caducean Whisks's picture.
    What are you doing to them to make them form an escape committee - grin!
    4 days ago
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    "Caducean Whisks" commented on Kate7's Blog "Deadlines".
    And the colouring in? I was always ever so good at colouring in revision timetables. Sometimes the colouring in took all evening :)
    4 days ago
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    Caducean Whisks commented on Caducean Whisks's picture.
    Well, I dunno Prop, what are you seeing?
    4 days ago

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  • Gerry
    by Gerry 1 day ago
    Methinks twitter is having probs - it wouldn't accept a silly tweet of mine just now...
  • Gerry
    by Gerry 1 day ago
    Something odd just happened. I got a tweet from @WhisksTweets - and when I tried to reply twitter assured me there was no such page. (All very virtual, methinks...)
  • Kate7
    by Kate7 11 days ago
    It was my birthday on Sunday :) WC keeps messing around with my dates. BTW Love the profile pic.
  • Barry Walsh
    by Barry Walsh 14 days ago
    M'Dear Whisks,

    So sorry to have missed your birthday yesterday. I do hope it was a good'n and that today is even better!
  • JT
    by JT 14 days ago
    Sorry did i miss your birthday. Belated returns. Best wishes J.T
  • Kate7
    by Kate7 14 days ago
    Just wanted to say thanks for the idea of offering legal info on my blog. I've put up my first post, not much info yet just an intro to the idea :)
  • Debi
    by Debi 15 days ago
    Is/was it really your birthday and not just another Cloudie blip? Hope it's been fab and that the year ahead is full of joy. Big hugs xxx
  • Heidi
    by Heidi 15 days ago
    Happy Birthday Whisks, hope you had a great day despite the cold bath , hugs and kisses, Heidi.
  • Rebecca Holmes
    by Rebecca Holmes 15 days ago
    Happy birthday, Whisks! :) See? I made it back in time to say that! And I love the editorial assistant in your profile pic. What a perfect way to remember Woody.
  • karen
    by karen 15 days ago
    Birthday Greetings Whisks. Another year older, another year wiser? x