SecretSpi
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Are you a ...?Unpublished writer (so far)What genre do you primarily write in?Fiction for childrenIf you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?Literary fictionAre your reading habits ...?SophisticatedWho is your favourite author(s)?Robertson DaviesAnd your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)Le Grand Meaulnes- The Deptford Trilogy- Greenmantle- The Children of Green Knowe- In search of England- I capture the Castle- A Time of Gifts-What are your working habits when you write?ProcastinatoryAre 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?I have always dreamed of the day when I can chuck in the day job and spend my whole time writing, writing, writing (plus occasional gaze out of the window and glass of good red wine)Your worst habit?Living in the pastYour opinion on the books industry?Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get throughWhere do you write?Usually in my office, but also on planes, trains, at airports and in my headWhat 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?www.secretagency.de and www.secretagencyblog.blogspot.com ...for my other life. Oh, and I have an English Pub in the cellar (makes a change from a portrait in the attic and also keeps me young!)
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"SecretSpi" commented on John Taylor's Blog "Beetlejuice".
I'm the one who's turned her nose up at all that traditional medicine and has given the weird alternative therapy a go...
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"SecretSpi" commented on Skylark's Blog " Gutted (aka "a jolly near miss")".
If I know you, you'll already have got your MS out the next agent/s by now, but just wanted to say how sorry I am that this agent wasn't the one for this novel in the end. Had a much smaller scale version of this myself which only involved one ...
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SecretSpi Saved by the BAA from a potentially disasterous collision with a snowflake!1 day ago
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Noodledoodle and possibly Nats ... although they don't need the snow to put two togeth... er best be quiet now I think :-)
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"SecretSpi" commented on AlanP's Blog "Wow".
You must have had a weekend of mixed emotions, one way and another, but well done on bringing the pics back to life. Photos are so throwaway these days (or deleteaway) - but in those days they were something to be hung onto and passed down. I don't ...
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"SecretSpi" commented on Wrathnar the Unreasonable's Blog "Reunion of the Daft".
Could have gone so wrong but sounds like it was nothing but right - really chuffed for all of you (cats and fiance included!)
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"SecretSpi" commented on Squidge's Blog "A blast from the past".
What a brilliant thing to happen! I often scour online second hand bookshops in search of lost memories - and sometimes find them. I draw the line at Haynes manuals, though!
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"SecretSpi" commented on Gemma Gladstone's Blog "REGISTERING AS SELF-EMPLOYED BEFORE YOU GAIN AN INCOME FROM WRITING".
Good to find this here and I'll refer back to it so thanks, Gemma. I need to get this all sorted out in the next little while (all further complicated by fact that I live and work in Germany...) and this has prompted me to move it from the "too ...
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About
When I was little, I wanted to be a spy. I got off to a fine start studying Psychology (including Parapsychology) at Trinity College, Cambridge but then got tempted into the (then) glamorous world of advertising which is still how I earn my money today.
My first book, a retro-style adventure story for 9-12s, will be published in 2012:
http://www.circaidygregory.co.uk/Bother_in_Burmeon.htm
My first book, a retro-style adventure story for 9-12s, will be published in 2012:
http://www.circaidygregory.co.uk/Bother_in_Burmeon.htm
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19th January 2012
SecretSpi and Circaidy Gregory proudly present...
The Bother in Burmeon, children's, adventure
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18th November 2011Is children's fiction international?
children's books 15 Comments -
14th November 2011Metamorphosis
children's writing, adventure, publication 19 Comments -
30th September 2011The elephant in the room doesn't do what it says on the tin
cliches, expressions 34 Comments -
17th June 2011The Palaver in Publishing
adventure, children's books, publishing 27 Comments
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by Steve 14 days agoI did have a very not bad birthday, SS - ta for the post.
My word your eyes are strikingly blue in your profile picture (which does look supremely professional and authorly and like it would be found on the rear dust cover of your next best-seller). -
by Suze 18 days agoIt's always gratifying to hear about a client's success. Makes the job worthwhile. I hope I wasn't too strict! -
by Suze 18 days agoAha - I think we've just blown each other's cover! I do remember your book. I knew it was something special. Fantastic news you've found a publisher. Many congratulations!
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by sirtanicmills 29 days agoHi Spi, I remember you from when I was in an earlier incarnation on WC. We used to have a few interesting conversations. Glad to see that you are still here and I hope life is good. Mills.
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