“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
I am so disconnected from so much that it was only last night that I learned about the death of one of my favourite authors. She’s been a part of my life for many years – via her books. Marion was a Glaswegian. She has written hundreds (well, many) novels. And I’ve mentioned her many […]
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The next Greta Brookes Monograph is now officially a W.I.P. My second non-fiction book. It should be difficult but it’s not. All I’m doing is a cut&paste of many of the posts here. Adding a few screenshots and personal emails and links to yt videos. I’ll have to tart/smart up the title. Next step : […]
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I’m looking for the earliest episodes of MM on yt. So far – this is the best I can find. Caroline Graham started the books with Barnaby and his Sgt. Gavin Troy. Although I love his next Sgt. Ben Jones in the TV show, the early shows with Troy (Bad Driver/Tactless mouth) are the most […]
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What I like about these programmes is not so much the content but the way it is presented. Each episode is like an old-fashion Murder Mystery book. With sub-plots, red herrings, the good, foreshadowing, plots, true lies, the bad, mis-direction, counter-plots, the f-ugly, subtle clues etc etc. :o)
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Bloody Scots people! It is over a decade since I watched what was once called GMTV. I had no idea that Lorraine was still doing this. AND she talks to Dean. Subtitles needed? I understand why Dean and Nala have gone all MainStream now. Could YOU do this for two years with NO cash/No Support/Just […]
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Within a few days of opening this website I wrote three (off-the-cuff, from the heart) articles about writing HisFic. GB 4th Aug 2018 : HISTORICAL FICTION: RESEARCH & WRITING – EPISODE 1 GB 5th Aug 2018 : HISTORICAL FICTION: RESEARCH & WRITING – EPISODE 2 And then – to compound this truthful GB atrocity – […]
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Today – Lady M would be labelled a DISTORTED FEMININE. A woman who ruthlessly seeks HER wants and needs through her famous spouse. She ridicules him. Manipulates him so much that he comes to a crucial point in his life when the ONLY thing he can do to appease her malicious and baleful nature, is […]
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special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.”legal jargon” Similar:specialized language technical languageslangcantidiomargotpatterpatoisvernacularcomputereselegalesebureaucratesejournalesepsychobabbleunintelligible languageobscure languagegobbledygookgibberishdouble Dutchlingo-speak-esemumbo jumbogeekspeak ARCHAIC a form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, or hybrid. There is a lot of truth in that saying about “when the time is right…” It has been […]
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I’ve been Very stupid in the past and spent money – lots of – on Apple itunes audible books. I still LOVE them. ‘Specially Greg Wise (schwoon – Sorry Emma Thompson but – gorgeous voice) and Saskia Reeves | Dracula I’m on my 20th or so listen. I keep falling asleep as Jonathon and the […]
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Read Jane Eyre? It’s a story of abandonment, abuse, secrets and lies!
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I seem to be having one of those everything-coming-together-kinda days. I was living in Ireland when I first started watching the Ruth Rendell Mysteries on TV. FACT! I fell in love with Inspector Wexford (Irish County) immediately and started reading the books. This one freaked me a bit. But today I understand why :o) Percy […]
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I don’t think that I have ever truly revealed this before but… … I chose the image for my novel with great deliberation after learning about this major ART controversy decades ago. Diego Velázquez painting – And the ART vs HISTORY collision came from – I feel that this is a portrait of Marie. She WAS […]
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Hidden History Research 