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The raspberry nightmare: Dr Doolittle was right all along
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Abbs holds forth on assorted themes, betes noires and bonnet-dwelling bees. Dr Doolittle was right all along. Some people have such tightly closed minds. It’s such a shame, as the world is so extraordinary, so fascinating, and we know so little of it. How exciting it is to be introduced to new possibilities, wild ideas, oddities and improbabilities – why would anyone close themselves off from all that, unless they were either tired of life or terrified of it? We may be one of the few animals to use compl...
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The raspberry nightmare: Out of touch
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Abbs holds forth on assorted themes, betes noires and bonnet-dwelling bees. Can it be the lack of simple human contact that is slowly destroying modern society? A few years ago, you’d mention massage to the average joe, and you’d get a very funny look and some embarrassed shuffling. ‘Massage’ was too often followed by ‘parlour’ in people’s minds and it took a few minutes to make the therapeutic, healing, safe and asexual case. 8216;The response of the psychotherapy profession to the work of Harlow and Bo...
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The raspberry nightmare: Who stole my marbles?
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Abbs holds forth on assorted themes, betes noires and bonnet-dwelling bees. Who stole my marbles? Since I hit the age of 49 in April, I can apparently look forward to hitting menopause in the next six years. I already exhibit three of the noted symptoms: memory loss, lack of energy, aches and pains. Certainly I’ve noticed the increasing number of complete pains who inhabit the world, but perhaps that’s not what was meant. It’s not just words and faces. Have forgotten several parties, lunches an...Some sm...
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Publish and... damn!: March 2007
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Publish and. damn! The printable comments on the life of a bookmaker. Some sweetly literal soul queried the use of the term 'bookmaker' at the head of this blog. Well, a modest segment of the reading masses. We're still waiting for the million-seller, I freely confess. Never believe a publisher who mutters about quality rather than quantity. We might like waving a posh book at booksellers, but we still want them to sell in truck loads. Links to this post. MERSEY MINIS ARE COMING. Links to this post.
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Publish and... damn!: February 2008
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Publish and. damn! The printable comments on the life of a bookmaker. Lives in six words. In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words. He wrote: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." He won the bet. Try it. It's not easy. You don't have to write your entire autobiography - go back to Hemingway's example and create a complete, but short, story. Dick Hadfield: Foetus, son, brother, husband, father, vegetable. Robin Pickering: If only I had turned left.
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The raspberry nightmare: Sex and death in the afternoon
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Abbs holds forth on assorted themes, betes noires and bonnet-dwelling bees. Sex and death in the afternoon. Over the weekend I watched a feature length spectacle of sex and murder – live, right in front of me. This was X-rated stuff; all hearts and flowers for an hour, then a short and violent sex scene, with a chilling finale. Really…. not in a nice middle class garden, please. I was riveted, and had left Marianne and Colonel Brandon to their own devices while I watched some live action like a perv.
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The raspberry nightmare: Getting the happy habit
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Abbs holds forth on assorted themes, betes noires and bonnet-dwelling bees. Getting the happy habit. Last week I realised that I was really happy for the first time since August 1968. At 7am on Friday morning I was pootling down the M6 on my way to a photo shoot in Stoke; moderate traffic and blue skies were good omens, but they couldn’t account for the smile on my face. That was there for no particular reason, just – because. Even politicians are peddling the happiness agenda – the Department of E...
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Publish and... damn!: Stephen King on books
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Publish and. damn! The printable comments on the life of a bookmaker. Stephen King on books. The staggeringly successful novelist says:. 8220;Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”. Picked up from John Kremer's Bookmarketing Tips newsletter - see link to site opposite). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Publish and be damned!
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Life in Batland: Displaying new Bluecoat treasures
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Goings-on in Liverpool and Transylvania; publishing, HGVs, nonsense, wolves, bears and chickens. Displaying new Bluecoat treasures. Private view at the Bluecoat display centre – jolly, civilised sorts like John and Dot here, swamped with beautifully crafted temptations that at least one of them failed to resist. Dana Goia on culture. Sedbergh book town events. Malc at BBC Cumbria. Ran Fiennes's Everest challenge. Read about our books. Grand National Quiz Book. Liverpool: the first 1,000 years.
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Life in Batland: Happy birthday to us!
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Goings-on in Liverpool and Transylvania; publishing, HGVs, nonsense, wolves, bears and chickens. Happy birthday to us! Happy jollies to us! Dana Goia on culture. Sedbergh book town events. Malc at BBC Cumbria. Ran Fiennes's Everest challenge. Read about our books. Grand National Quiz Book. Liverpool: the first 1,000 years. Mersey Minis 5 - LEAVING. Mersey Minis Vol 1 - LANDING. Mersey Minis Vol 2 - LIVING. Mersey Minis Vol 4 - LOVING. For writers and readers. Games and exercises for writers.
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