Rebecca Holmes
53 years old
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Actually went mad and cleaned the house today after typing up a chapter of the YA novel. Feel like I need a shower now. The house wasn't *that* bad, honest!Information
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Are you a ...?Writer published in mags, etcWhat genre do you primarily write in?Short fictionIf you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?General FictionAre your reading habits ...?OmnivorousWho is your favourite author(s)?Thomas Hardy, Anne Tyler, Anita Shreve, Colm Toibin, Patrick Gale, Sue Miller, + too many others to mentionAnd your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)Jane Eyre Return of the Native The Mayor of Casterbridge In the Place of Fallen Leaves - Tim Pears Ladder of Years - Anne Tyler To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf The Blackwater Lightship - Colm ToibinWhat 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?Successful novels, of courseYour worst habit?Letting myself be too easily put off Writing long, tedious drafts Work too slowlyYour opinion on the books industry?Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get throughWhere do you write?Mostly at home, but various places, as long as I'm left alone. I've been known to write stories on the shores of Coniston Water, in motorway service stations, or even sitting in the car in a supermarket car park.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 have too many books to read. I can't write without coffee and chocolate
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Rebecca Holmes Actually went mad and cleaned the house today after typing up a chapter of the YA novel. Feel like I need a shower now. The house wasn't *that* bad, honest!7 days ago -
Rebecca Holmes commented on Weens's wall:
HI Weens - UM, not yet so far as I know. Give it time...
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Weens commented on Rebecca Holmes's wall:Hi Rebecca, are you still writing on your own wall?
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Rebecca Holmes commented on Caducean Whisks's wall:
Happy birthday, Whisks! :) See? I made it back in time to say that! Like the editorial assistant in your profile pic, by the way.
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Rebecca Holmes Our cat's confused. The blackbirds in our garden keep deafening her and jumping about just yards away acting as decoys. So far they're winning...15 days ago
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Rebecca Holmes WHere does my life keep disappearing? Can't believe how long it is since I've been on here, but glad to see quite a few names I remember. How is everyone?21 days ago
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Rebecca Holmes Sorry - I was shopping in Morrisons and it took twice as long as usual cos they're rearranging it all! I wish they wouldn't do that. Now need to catch up on everything else... :( x
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7th July 2010
Taking Liberties With Historical Characters. How Far is Too Far?
speculative fiction, historical characters, horror, Lake District, poets
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28th May 2010Why I'm Not Speaking To My Cat
cat, garden, birds, fledglings 20 Comments -
14th November 2009First hand accounts - Gold dust for writers
Writing, eye witness accounts, Coventry 11 Comments -
3rd September 2009I have a little plum tree
Fruit, seasons 14 Comments
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by Weens 1 year agoSorry to have missed you (again). My course is drawing to a close now, just the one big end of course assignment to go, so I'm able to spend more time on here now. As I've said to others, it's like putting on a comfortable old pair of slippers. Hope you're well, and WILL catch you next time.
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by Weens 1 year agoHi, just a quick 'pop on' to see what is happening. The end is in sight now, and I'm hoping to be back at the end of May, all things being equal. Hope everything is OK with you.
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by Chanty 1 year agoThanks for that Rebecca - appreciate it. My others are well. Two knew exactly who mum was and I got lots of love. My third (the little shit) I only saw once while there - the day I arrived. Sausage is such a little adventurer and spends all of his time out and about in the bush... Yip the cheetahs are fully grown, although Autumn is girl is 3 years old. Will post a picture or two for you to see. -
by Rebecca Holmes 1 year agoHi Chanty. So Sorry ot hear about Saphira :( Hopefully the others are all OK? I'm envious about the cheetahs. They're amazing. Were they fully grown? Where are you based now? x
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by Chanty 1 year agoBelated thanks hun. All are well, with exception of my baby Saphira. Guess that things happen in life that we really can't control and we just have to deal with them, sigh. Coming to terms with it. On the up side I got to interact with four different wild cat types while back there. I played with cheetahs..... it was awesome..
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by panther 1 year agoI know what u mean I usually just listen when I have time , but night shift used to fly with the old comedies and plays on there, I loved it -
by Caducean Whisks 1 year agoAw, do you know I'm sooo relieved! I've still been asking around - their Valentine's Day execution was weighing on my mind. That's terrific news, fabulous - thanks for letting me know. Where did they go?
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