Tag: stories
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I don’t know about you but I always feel a little dissatisfied after binge-watching the latest boxset of a popular television series. Binge-watching is the name given to the practice of watching one episode after another without a break. Consumers have been known to watch over eight hours of television in one sitting. No longer do…
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“This is a strange book […] it is wild, confused, disjointed and improbable.” Anon (Examiner 1848) “[I]t is quite impossible to lay it aside afterwards and say nothing about it.” Anon (Douglas Jarrods Newspaper 1848) The two contrasting reviews, printed in newspapers in the winter of 1848, illustrate well how opinion was varied when Emily…
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Please do not let the title mislead you, this is not a blog about marriage! But it is about the nature of books and how we consume them. I know this is not a new argument nor are my opinions original but considering the fact that book sales, whether print, digital or audio, have been…
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I have been using WordPress, on and off, for a few years now. I publish now and then but not consistent enough to build a satisfactory following. The problem I have had is what area to I want to focus on, to write about. I fear I have been too generic. But I believe I…
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You know, in life, I have found there is a big difference between wanting to do something and actually doing it. For instance, I really like flying (and have done a bit of flight simming) though having that passion to fly (for real) and actually going out and getting a pilots license are worlds apart.…