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Posted on September 28, 2015March 30, 2016

From “The Dud Avocado”, by Elaine Dundy. (pages 61-2)

The night before we went into rehearsal, I was determined to get to bed early. When I got into my bath, I was singing. Gradually, deliciously, I could feel myself…

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Posted on September 28, 2015September 28, 2015

Taking stock a month in

The sister blog of this one – A Medical Education – has become something different to what I originally intended. As well as an archive and gathering place for my more purely…

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Posted on September 28, 2015

Adding Value To Writing. Nthposition. January 2009.

The original is here . In retrospect, this piece was really about stringing three of my favourite quotes about writing into a piece. “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” ADDING…

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