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[Jim]

You ought to get John Cleese to do the voice-over :-)

[M.T.]

That would be brilliant.

Now ... theres more! https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/01/25/qu...

[Jim]

read it and shared it on facebook because I loved it :-)

[M.T.]

Delighted you enjoyed it, it was pretty much stream of consciousness! Mwahahahahrgh!

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

They often work best as blogs
The Tallis stories where I just have a picture and start to write, not knowing what I'm going to say, often get the most plaudits

[M.T.]

Yeh it's strange how that happens isn't it?

[Jim]

I would like to think it's called genius, but actually I just think it's story telling :-)

[Jim]

I would like to think it's called genius, but actually I just think it's story telling :-)

[M.T.]

Here's this week's wittering!

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/02/01/ch...

Enjoy.

[Jim]

read it, fun :-)

[M.T.]

👍🏽🙂 Glad you enjoyed it. Another off the cuff job there.

[Jim]

always seem to work best :-)

[Alicia]

Good to have all those thoughts on record - you may be happy you wrote them down later, when you can't remember, "What was I thinking?"

They're always fun to read.

[M.T.]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to write.

[Jim]

The off the cuff ones often are :-)

[M.T.]

Yeh, I reckon it’s probably about pressure. Off the cuff there is none so you just kind of ... witter on.

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

you witter so well :-)

[M.T.]

If only I could write my books that easily. 😉

[Jim]

Worth a try? :-)

Probably end up with Ulysses :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "Worth a try? :-)

Probably end up with Ulysses :-)"

Yikes! It's kind of what's happened with the shorts. It's really easy to write about The Pan of Hamgee so I just start off with ... I dunno ... 'The Pan of Hamgee rolled up his trousers, sat on the quay and dabbled his bare feet in the cool water. That was better ...' and before I know where I am I've got 20k!

I'm guessing Tallis is kind of in the same vein.

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

very much so, you just drop into the seam and suddenly you're away :-)

[M.T.]

Yeh. It's weird how it works. 🙂

[Jim]

I think it's something about the character and the background, you can just know them so well

[M.T.]

Could be ... I wish I could do some books about Ruth, I find her POV comes even more naturally. I'm thinking a sequel ... I also have some vague ideas about K'Barthans in space. Might be funny.

[Jim]

See if you can do some 1000 word shorts about her, at the very least you can use them in a blog or a newsletter, then when you have enough, stick them in an ebook :-)

[Jim]

How about you have her as a witness to your family doings, describe things from her point of view and how she would get involved in incidents?

[M.T.]

I think she would work quite well in sequel stories as the pair of them adjust ... I love the idea of him meeting her family. How would that go? And the nitty gritty of her combining her life here with ... the other one. I think she'd want to carry on working. She'd want to prove herself somehow.

[M.T.]

This week, I have mostly been talking about creative doubts, the audio books and my new release! Woot.

Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

Flippin blink I've smashed my iPad. I'm such a tosser. Never mind, this week's blog.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/02/15/vole/

Enjoy.

MTM

[M.T.]

Here’s this week’s senseless wittering! Mwahahahrgh. Enjoy.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/02/22/mo...

[Jim]

read it already, I get the email ;-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "read it already, I get the email ;-)"

I think a lot of folks do, more than I realise.

Cheers

MTM

[Alicia]

Have you on my favourites bar anyway.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Jim wrote: "read it already, I get the email ;-)"

I read it from the e-mail too

[M.T.]

Glad you all enjoy it anyway. It's interesting, I have heard from a lot of invisible readers lately, not least Gareth, who's reading my books.

Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

Just in case anyone needs it. More bloggery ...

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/02/29/yi...

Enjoy.

[Jim]

Interesting, audio is even more complicated than books!

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "Interesting, audio is even more complicated than books!"

I think it may just be a case that my ... what ever it is ... OCD? Light Asperger’s? that makes me a bit obsessive. I have to do a LOT of research to feel I am equipped to make a decision about anything, that’s why I find politics so difficult of course. There just isn’t time to do the level of research I’d need to make what I consider to be an informed decision.

It helps that this is also my specialism - I am useless at selling, unless I’m doing the patter at people, face to face, but a lot of this is branding really, and I’m alright at that. Just call me Moist Von Lipwick. Mwahahaahahhargh.

[Jim]

Yes, I confess even though what you wrote was clear, I was losing any interest in venturing down that path even as I read ;-(

[M.T.]

Mwahahahrgh, losing the will to live! :-)

[Jim]

That's the one

[M.T.]

This one’s slightly better, another mish mash about nothing much ...

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/03/07/hmm/

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

it was fun

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "it was fun"

It was more, random off the top of the head stuff.

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

best kind :-)

[M.T.]

More ranting ... in case anyone still checks here ... https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/03/14/fast/

[Jim]

nice one :-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "nice one :-)"

Cheers me duck. Thanks for sharing it. :-)

[Jim]

I think good blogs should get shared :-)

[M.T.]

This one includes a section about syringing your own ears at home which may be best avoided by the squeamish.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2020/03/22/li...

Otherwise ... enjoy.

Cheers

MTM