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Memeing: I like to…

Taking up the mantle from the gorgeous Anna, some of the statements I find upon Googling “Scott likes to”…:

Scott likes to watch movies. Scott likes to listen to music. Scott likes to read books. Yes, yes, yes. Things are going well. This is clearly a good game that indicates how representative of all people named […]

Lessons learned

Over the past week, I’ve been representing The Stage at two press conferences that Matt, our broadcasting correspondent, would normally have gone to had he not been moving house this week.

The two events (the launch of the Eurovision Dance Contest on Tuesday at City Hall, and of High School Musical 2 on Friday at the […]

Quick comment on blogging and PR

Tom has much to say on PR agencies who try and peddle their wares upon personal bloggers.

There’s not much to add, especially beyond what Stowe Boyd has said. Other than:

At work — where I’m assistant editor for a performing arts publication — so many PR agencies send out blanket emails from a centralised resource, e.g., […]

Six little words

Okay, in response to Rob’s challenge — and as responded in his comments — below is my six-word short story.

Last breath. Expecting salvation. None came.

It’s funny, but the short number of words does really focus the mind — even more than last December’s 50-word limit…

A few others:

Flowers. Bended knee. Ring. Answer? […]

Two things on my mind

My local newspaper, The Bucks Herald is running a short story competition — and when I say short, I mean short. You get the opening line, and then just another 50 words. Now, I had trouble writing drabbles — stories of just 100 words. In those, you have to make every word count; with half […]