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Tales from La Terraza: junio 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Miércoles, 18 de junio de 2008. Next stop, the Priory. Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I’m an alcoholic. So I asked if anyone wanted a drink. They all agreed they were thirsty. And asked for: “Agua, por favor”. I explained to Marie-Jose how strange this behaviour was compared to the UK and told her about nights out with my ...
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Tales from La Terraza: The best drive-in show in town
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Jueves, 9 de abril de 2009. The best drive-in show in town. There are some abbreviations that are simply lovely. M&Ms, for example. or BYOB and DKNY. Then there are those that fill us with dread: OHMS, BMI (Body Mass Index, not the airline, and it always makes me depressed) and now there’s ITV. 8220;A family car? 8220;Then ...
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Tales from La Terraza: octubre 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Viernes, 17 de octubre de 2008. Drink to me only. It has been fun, though, although a lot of that was unintentional from our guests. And mainly the guests from my side of the family. Two in particular - my sister, Marion, and her son, David. Marion and David are an easy couple to please so long as the sight-seeing ends with...
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Tales from La Terraza: abril 2009
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Jueves, 9 de abril de 2009. The best drive-in show in town. There are some abbreviations that are simply lovely. M&Ms, for example. or BYOB and DKNY. Then there are those that fill us with dread: OHMS, BMI (Body Mass Index, not the airline, and it always makes me depressed) and now there’s ITV. 8220;A family car? 8220;Then ...
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Tales from La Terraza: agosto 2008
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Tales from La Terraza. Forget the friendly locals with their quaint traditions, this is a look at what life is really like in Spain - grumpy waiters, prostitutes, bureaucracy and all! Martes, 26 de agosto de 2008. Baby, you can drive my car. It is with a heavy heart that I write that the streets of Madrid are no longer safe. Especially when I have to admit it’s my fault that the streets of Madrid are no longer safe. No You cannot pay me yet - first you have to pay a tax.”. 8220;Pay a tax for buying a car?
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pencils and whatnot: March 2008
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Thursday, March 27, 2008. Patricia J. DeLois. As a library intern, I conducted a focus group with a certain group of elderly ladies to find out what they wanted from the library. We like authors with three names," they said. "Write that down.". Mary Higgins Clark. Anne Rivers Siddons. (I suggested Joyce Carol Oates, but no, they didn't want her.). Valuable information, and duly noted in my report. No," I said, "I'm going to use my middle initial, like Homer J. Simpson.". A bad comedy act. Never had 'em&#...
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A Monster In The Mirror: May 2010
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A Monster In The Mirror. One writer's attempt to plot his novel. Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Last night I was visited by a ghost. I'm lost." He was just a shadow at the foot of the bed. I could not see his face. I asked, but I knew the answer. I knew who he. I'm not anybody," he said. "Not now.". What do you want? I want to be somebody again.". Do you want to be me? This was strange, talking to a shadow. I am locked away in an asylum and I am mad. I used to live here," said the ghost. "I escaped.".
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A Monster In The Mirror: Conflict
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A Monster In The Mirror. One writer's attempt to plot his novel. Friday, November 9, 2012. Okay Currently reading The Comic Toolbox. By John Vorhaus and I’ve had a bit of a lightbulb moment. And ultimately success depends upon a final decision by the character. We have also come across the idea that the character has got two actual goals…what he (or she) WANTS and what (s)he NEEDS. So here’s the lightbulb moment. Not just the conflict, but the theme too. September 15, 2013 at 10:07 AM. View my complete p...
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A Monster In The Mirror: CHARACTER ARC
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A Monster In The Mirror. One writer's attempt to plot his novel. Saturday, June 15, 2013. The character arc is fairly simple. The character is morally deficient in some way, is “needful”, that is, needs something that will fill the gap. The character may well be unaware of his/her lack, or desperate to hide it. It's not so simple. Very often, in the pursuit of the hero or heroine's heart's desire, the moral compass is lost and the “good guy” starts to behave like the “bad guy”....Another way to look a...