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My working career spans the Royal Navy, a spell as a dairyman in the Highlands of Scotland, many years in military survey in the British Army, and a fourth career in Information Technology. I have recently become a budding author. See more...-
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Monthly Archives: May 2020
My Latest Book – Launch Date Coming Soon…
Originally posted on estherchiltonblog:
Next week I’ll be announcing the launch date for my latest book, Publication Guaranteed (well, almost!). Here’s an extract from the beginning of the chapter on writing competitions: Is it a dream of yours to win…
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Let There Be Light – Phase One
After nine years of campaigning, work has finally started on the streetlighting and pathway outside our house. The campaign was run on the grounds of the safety of pedestrians, including single parents, who are forced to walk up the middle … Continue reading
Book Review: Drowning With Others by Linda Keir
Drowning With Others by Linda Keir My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is an onion of mystery and intrigue. Initially, it looks fairly simple and perfectly formed but as each layer is peeled back, more defects and flaws … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, crime, linda keir, mystery, school, teacher, thriller
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Book Review: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths My rating: 4 of 5 stars The ideas behind this story are great. The crimes in the book are closely tied to a ghost story which was written by an author who lived in … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, crime fiction, elly griffiths, harbinder kaur
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Stay Alert?
Whilst I understood the clear government instruction to “STAY AT HOME,” and agree with its sense, I am struggling to understand the new message, “STAY ALERT.” How does that “CONTROL THE VIRUS” and “SAVE LIVES”? My understanding of staying alert … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Personal
Tagged alertness, Coronavirus, COVID-19, hear, see, senses, smell, stay alert, taste, touch
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Tasmania’s Wild Creatures~
Dolerite Columns rise up to 980 feet from the sea in Cape Raoul Tasmania. Dolphins fish, and fly, off the eastern coast. Echidna encountered on the trail. Echidnas, like platypus, are the world’s only egg laying mammals or monotremes. He…
Thrilling Delivery Day
Today was a fantastic day and easily my best day, so far, as an Ocado delivery driver. It started as I turned up to work shortly after six o’clock with a [sanitised] pack of my three published paperbacks for a … Continue reading
Book Review: The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl
The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl My rating: 4 of 5 stars The first third of this book is about the background and is almost a history lesson. The pace is extremely slow and somewhat boring. Once … Continue reading
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Tagged annejet van der zijl, book review, bravery, concentration camps, cruelty, dutch, holland, netherlands, prejudice, rotterdam, surinam, swimming, World War II, WWII
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Fishing for Jobs
Originally posted on Write to Inspire:
My job search reminds me of days when I went fishing on the banks of the River Tay at the North Inch in Perth. I used to go out before dawn and spend all…
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