SecretSpi
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Are you a ...?Published authorWhat 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?My trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixmljOaiKI I have an English Pub in the cellar (makes a change from a portrait in the attic and keeps me young!) http://www.secretagency.de and http://www.secretagencyblog.blogspot.de/
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"SecretSpi" commented on CJ's Blog "And the dream lives on!".Whatever this is, it's the opposite of Damnation! You couldn't make it up, could you - at least, who would dare to? You have worked so long and hard for this, too. You're a star.
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SecretSpi The pixies let me go!18 hours ago
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CJ The elves are coming you say, Stephen? Oooo... *puts on a bit of lippy and a nice dress...* ^^p
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"SecretSpi" commented on CJ's Blog "Black Smokers is being published! ".
Wow! Well done you - that's super news. But funny how you go through months of monotony and then the best of things and the crappiest of things all spring onto you at once. Career break sounds good. Didn't do me any harm, even though enforced by ...
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"SecretSpi" commented on Daedalus's Blog "Blog of blog".
Daed - I've had a couple of chaps in their 80s read it and thoroughly enjoy it, so you'd be one of my younger readers ;-) If you are interested, have a look at http://www.burmeon.com or you can get it direct from the publisher ...
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"SecretSpi" commented on Daedalus's Blog "Blog of blog".
Reporting Blue Skies now above Burmeon! https://www.facebook.com/Burmeon I agree that a showcase rather than a log or diary is what it's about.
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"SecretSpi" commented on Daedalus's Blog "Blog of blog".
Well, I've had a mosey around both blogs and left you a comment on "Blue Skies". What I like about both blogs is that they're more than blogs. The Naval Air History one is great for reference and there are some super pictures there and your new one ...
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"SecretSpi" commented on Athelstone's Blog "Guilty Pleasures".
Film - musicals pre-1970. Either big Technicolor Rogers & Hammerstein numbers or big B&W Busby Berkley numbers. TV - boxed sets of classic series from the 70s, like Colditz Music - Operetta, Viennese Waltz, plus most of the stuff I grew up with that ...
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"SecretSpi" commented on saintlywriter's Blog "Retreat West Short Story Comp - top spot to a Cloudie again!".
Congratulations to the winners. Alan - I have da-da, da-da-da-da on the brain now. Great story and hope it isn't autobiographical :)
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"SecretSpi" commented on Jill's Blog "Trains of Thought".
...awww. Who's for crab sandwiches and winkles? Lovely to see you and your muse back, Jill.
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"SecretSpi" commented on saintlywriter's Blog "Cloudies make the shortlist again!".
Well, I recognise one name - well done to MrP! And congratulations to the others - come on, who else is a Cloudie?
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"SecretSpi" commented on Wrathnar the Unreasonable's Blog "Chat-up line challenge".
These are great. My husband's first words to me were 'Vould you like a villy?' A "willy" is a shot of Williams schnapps and I'm not going to let on whether I knew that at the time or not ;-)
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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, was published in April 2012:
http://www.circaidygregory.co.uk/Bother_in_Burmeon.htm
www.burmeon.com
www.facebook.com/Burmeon
My first book, a retro-style adventure story for 9-12s, was published in April 2012:
http://www.circaidygregory.co.uk/Bother_in_Burmeon.htm
www.burmeon.com
www.facebook.com/Burmeon
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by Jill 11 days agoGood morning - just received your wave of yesterday, thank you! Trust all is going well with your book sales etc. :) -
by Hil 29 days agoEmma posted this. Thanks for the wave!
the competitions post is here: http://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/2010/11/the-hoops-you-must-jump-through-an-insiders-view-of-fiction-awards-part-1.html -
by FredaPeople 3 months agoGot a soft spot for rubber ducks, me...
sadly this website does not allow the exchange of pics. We (daughter and I) made it our mission to buy up luminous ducks from festivals to splash about in baths for ever more ! -
by FredaPeople 3 months agoEngagement with the food category was taking place outside of the retail space....") Hilarious!
The other day I saw "Caution. Operatives working to the rear." What's wrong with "Look out for bin men behind the lorry"?
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by Tony 5 months agoThanks, Secrets. I've been happily hopping and hipping all morning - only just looked in here! -
by AlanP 7 months agoWell, indeed. Although accounts of Ms Rowling's latest tome would suggest selling on the back of the name can be a bit more direct than that.
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