News Weaver Gifts

Wake Me When It's Over

Lennon and McCartney.

Open mike night presents Sadie Cohen. Summer's almost over

"No writers were harmed or mistreated in the preparation of this story."

'Of all the nerve!...Making us sit through the whole of their Bayeux Tapestries!!'

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.

"So start throwing together about 10 novels a week and bring them in on Wednesdays."

Writers without borders.

Dr, Wagner's dental floss spider web made going to the dentist much more appealing to kids,

He doesn't howl at the moon. He prefers to howl into the void.

"There are those who write books to be read and other who write novels for bookshelves."

Kirsten Johnson

Emily Dickinson Rebooted

'Is this your first book launch?'

Temporary and Permanent Writer's Block

"Be or be not. There is no question."

'Man asleep in double bed with a pencil.'

"Tom's writing has been going really well! He's written over 200,000 words. Now he just needs to work out what order to put them in!"

Book publisher telling author about some changes needed.

Book publishing.

Jackson Pollock the Spider

"I love you, I'll follow you to the ends of the earth, but I'm through getting slippers for someone who hasn't published anything since 1997."

"Where do you get your derivative ideas?"

'Radiology confirms that, like many other teachers of English, you do have a book in you.'

'Interactive TV news.'

Crossroads - fiction/non fiction.

"Winter must be coming. The people in my novel are starting to wear mittens."

Irvine Welsh

The afternoon shower catches the couple in the tropical garden. The rain shimmers on the flowers that perfume the air. Ryan Beardsley looks into her eyes and whispers. Twig! Watch where you're watering! The humidity begins to affect her mood!

'True, I'm nearing the end, but at least, there's rarely a dull moment.'

"I finally got my wife to read my manuscript. She said the main character was a sleazebag devoid of a moral compass. It's an autobiography."

John Galsworthy

"Someone to collect your works, dear."