Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Nov 11, 2009, 8:22 am
This blog is about many things--whatever takes my fancy. So there's a good deal of variety in my posts--as in my life. But lately there's been nagging. 'You're a writer,' say the n...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Nov 9, 2009, 6:55 am
I don't have anyone out there. Not now. The last time I did was during the Falklands War. I can still see those thin blue airmail letters coming through the door--closely written and hard to read,...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Oct 13, 2009, 7:24 am
The autumn is here, and as the first winds of October blew in, so my beloved old dandie dinmont began to fail and fade. We all knew the time was soon coming when we would have to make the decision to ...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Sep 28, 2009, 5:16 am
It couldn't have been a more English scene. Hampshire. Summer. Pouring rain. A cancelled family-and-friends cricket match, and everyone milling around a smallish house in that very British slightl...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Sep 22, 2009, 10:03 am
Yes. I have a countdown for Eoin Colfer's new book, And Another Thing on my blog (look to right of page). It has absolutely nothing to do with my own writing, Not a thing. So why would I do this? ...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Sep 15, 2009, 5:29 am
Sometimes Facebook will throw up unexpected responses to things. A few days ago I was tidying (starting to tidy) my desk and surrounds, which have been--well let us say 'impeded'--by piles of ...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Sep 14, 2009, 2:24 am
This post was first published on my blog at Red Room, where last week's blog topic was on the subject of 'Repentance'. It's one of their 'featured blogs' this week (for which I...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Sep 11, 2009, 7:15 am
The second part of my interesting A's is now here. And Chambers Online (who have an excellent wordy blog at http://chambersdictionary.blogspot.com/ ) and I are having nice conversations on Twitter...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Aug 30, 2009, 6:05 pm
There's a sequel by someone else to one of your favourite children's books. It's sitting there on the shelf, calling to you with a siren whisper. "Now you can find out WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. ...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Aug 28, 2009, 6:05 pm
There is an excellent US site for those interested in all things to do with writing which I joined a while ago. It's called Red Room if you want to hop over and take a look. Since they don'...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Aug 26, 2009, 1:00 am
Helena Bonham-Carter is to play Enid Blyton in a new BBC4 series this autumn. I'm sure it will be fascinating (for some) to find out what a bad mother she was to her two girls, and other salacious...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Aug 23, 2009, 6:05 pm
The First of my Amazing A's: Abecedarian (adj): pertaining to the ABC; rudimentary; arranged like an acrostic; (n) a learner/teacher of ABC; member of Anabaptist sect which rejects learning. aber...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Aug 22, 2009, 5:02 am
I am a writer. Words are my trade. These two facts are self-evident. But I am also a hoarder, a ferreter-out, a collector of the strange, exotic, ancient and arcane--at least as far as vocabulary is c...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Aug 1, 2009, 1:00 am
Writers are scattered, solitary creatures by nature, holing up all over the country (and beyond) to do their job of wrangling words in small, cramped sheds and offices, sitting in lonely state at cafe...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Jul 26, 2009, 6:05 pm
It is a fact that dogs (if you are a dog-lover and owner) worm themselves into your heart and your affections with ease. I have been around dogs all my life--labradors, spaniels, dandie dinmonts), but...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Jul 22, 2009, 6:41 am
Illness, a major sadness and a busy schedule have meant that I have been absent for longer than I intended from the blog. Apologies to all who have, perhaps, missed me and my odd ragbag postings. Now ...
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Lucy C. posted an article on Scribble City Central--Dispatches From the Field of Writing - Jul 10, 2009, 4:29 am

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