Judith
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United Kingdom
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has received the loveliest, most flattering rejection of her short career...Information
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Are you a ...?Unpublished writer (so far)What genre do you primarily write in?Literary fictionIf you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?Fiction for childrenAre your reading habits ...?OmnivorousWho is your favourite author(s)?John Irving, Tom Robbins, Andrea Levy, Barbara Kingsolver, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, Michelle PaverAnd your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)Even Cowgirls get the Blues, Hotel New Hampshire, Poisonwood Bible, Small Island, Life of Pi, Midnight's Children, White Teeth, Catch 22,What are your working habits when you write?Perfectly balancedAre you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?Prefer to let rip and edit afterwardsYour ultimate writing ambition?To believe myself when I say I am a writer. (Wholeheartedly believe myself.)Your worst habit?Falling in love with my characters so that I become blind to their flaws.Your opinion on the books industry?Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get throughWhere do you write?everywhereWhat 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 paint artworks onto clothing as a meditation...
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Judith was born a writer. She also had a good hand for drawing and painting, was a fearless public speaker and debater, and had a fling with the stage. So many and varied were Judith’s potential talents that none managed to firmly assert itself. Her life began to send her clues, an early crossing to adulthood, a string of amazing and bizarre jobs, abusive and intoxicating relationships and an array of major life changing events. She finally took the hint and surrendered to the mesmerising flow of her fingertips, discovering in the process that her wildest dreams, fantasies and fictions could not only become true under the spell of wordcraft, but that she could live them all, there on the page, and that she could invite others to live them too.
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The world is watching
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by Charlie 1 year agolol Judith very true. Just had a chat at dinner about what I really think first contact might be like if WE discover the aliens on their planet. Couldn't help feeling we'd corrupt them in no time... -
by Judith 1 year agoHi Charlie, thanks for your concern, oddly, and mostly due to my whole world view I don't worry about things like that. However, I am not reassured either, not on behalf of sea-life in that area, not on behalf of humans who will continue to live there. I am aware that radiation exists in various degrees, I simply do not believe that nuclear is our only option. I think reducing the amount of energy we use, paying the true cost for the filth we burn and spill, and yes, lowering our standards of living are at least part of the path to sustainable renewable energy meeting our needs. As far as people suffering or not I'm of the opinion that as a species if we wipe ourselves out we pretty much have it coming, we pulled into a beautiful garden and we pardon my french but we shat all over it like the worst kind of guests... -
by Charlie 1 year agoNot had the time to write it up yet but will soon. It's not nuclear waste pouring into the sea btw and yes, the guy is right, the billions of litres of water in the sea dilute the radioactive water from the trenches in question so much it is not dangerous, and no, it is not at all reassuring. That's because we have all been told that any radiation at all, even in the minutest dose is dangerous - which isn't true. The background radiation in some areas of our planet is much much higher than in others and the people in those areas do not suffer adverse health effects because of it.
I will write this up as soon as I get a chance but I won't even try to convince you that nuclear power is safe (and where the future lies IMHO) but I would like you not to worry about the radioactivity from the Japanese reactor. -
by Judith 1 year agohey charlie, any luck? wondering if we've been producing the stuff long enough to know the lifespan of the waste. heard a radio interview with a 'nuclear specialist' who reassured listeners that at least Japan's waste was pouring into the sea which in his words has 'an infinite capacity to dilute the waste'. obviously he hasn't seen a pic of this planet from space... the ocean is as finite as the next guy... i wasn't reassured...
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by Charlie 1 year agoHi Judith, I haven't forgotten your question about the radioactive waste. I'll need to read up on it first - don't want to give you a glib answer on sth that has always been the most important reason why I was against nuclear power.
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by Judith 1 year agoi keep trying to go dancing and ending up sitting with timid friends in various pubs where dancing doesn't happen! i have a religious aversion to exercise for its own sake... there has to be a cover, or i won't do it! i'm trying to allow people to talk me into its merits, but i'm hard to convince...
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by Billy 1 year agoIt was sunny this morning, which doesnt happen much up here, I ened up dacing last weekend. it's not a thing i do regular these days. -
by Judith 1 year agovery brave. haven't considered resorting to exercise... except for dancing but that seems to come with alcohol, so counterproductive on the head-clearing front...
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by Billy 1 year agowent a long run today to clear the red wine from my head, yeah i am slowly getting the hang of it. I
