Category Archives: literature

The Legend of the Merry Milkmaids

Posted on January 14, 2024 by blogmywiki

This Christmas and New Year I was going to delete this blog, or archive it and start again. I was going to finish writing one of my many unfinished novels. I did neither, but I did write a short story … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Ghost Story: The Tedious Case of Room 623

Posted on December 15, 2022 by blogmywiki

Had an idea for a story while walking the dog. I was going to abandon it, or at the very least change the narrator’s preposterous name, when I discovered that Agatha Christie wrote over a dozen stories about a man … Continue reading →

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The distraction of distraction-free word processors

Posted on December 28, 2020 by blogmywiki

I’m currently not writing at least three books. At least one of them, I am convinced, is an amazingly good idea. I’ve written a dozen chapters, at least one of which doesn’t make me cringe when I read it back, … Continue reading →

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10 Backlisted episodes that changed my life

Posted on December 29, 2019 by blogmywiki

It’s that time when people post their top 10 books, films, albums of the year. I even just saw a ‘top 10 best staircases of 2019‘ list, which made me panic and realise I haven’t even got my top 10 … Continue reading →

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Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald

Posted on July 30, 2018 by blogmywiki

Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald (1980). 4th Estate Books, £8.99 It’s hard not think that I was destined to read, and indeed love, this book. Andy Miller recommended it to me saying he thought it would be right up my … Continue reading →

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