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Your favourite essays?

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Alas, Poirot....I think the poem's lost in the dark recesses of a dead computer (..hmm, that might make a good poem..?). But poetry's not my strong suit; judging by the sample poem we've read of yours, your much more gifted.
The story does sound interesting...and developing promisingly. I'd love to read it, as I'm sure would others here, so you'd better keep working and get it published:-)
Posted by Squeers, Friday, 13 August 2010 11:03:53 AM
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Good Morning Squeers and Poirot,

I just jumped in to check what was happening
on this site - and oh joy!

I can't stay for long as I've got
a busy morning ahead of me - however, I
think the following websites may appeal:

http://www.pgwodehousebooks.com/

And

http://www.pgwodehousebooks.com/articles.htm

"Articles - Newspaper Extracts."

There's Stephen Fry's - Times article and
Hugh Laurie's - "Wodehouse Saved My Life."
that are worth looking at.

Anyway, I'll be back with more, later on...
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 13 August 2010 11:11:37 AM
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Dear Foxy,
thanks for the great links. Have you read Fry's novel, "The Stars' Tennis Balls"? Definitely a rip-off of "The Count of Monte Cristo" but a terrific read. I've always imagined Fry as playing my Bishop when, naturally, my novel was turned into a film :-)

Dear Poirot,
I think it's amazing that we're both writing about clerical life (mine's a tragi-comedy) and I wonder if we can contrive to show each other a couple of our chapters for feedback; compare notes?
Posted by Squeers, Friday, 13 August 2010 2:14:12 PM
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Dear Foxy,

Thanks for the links - excellent!

Dear Squeers,

My cleric is a bit of a rotter - and it's mainly set in a manor and it's surrounds. It's all rather silly really, but I was trying to write true to Wodehouse form as I liked his light-hearted treatment of human foibles. But I am interested in reading those sort of clerical themed works.
How would we go about showing our stuff to each other - any ideas?

Just have to mention that I love John Mortimer's Rumpole stories - Rumpole is another hero of mine.
Posted by Poirot, Friday, 13 August 2010 3:18:11 PM
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Poirot: <My cleric is a bit of a rotter - and it's mainly set in a manor and it's surrounds. It's all rather silly really, but I was trying to write true to Wodehouse form as I liked his light-hearted treatment of human foibles. But I am interested in reading those sort of clerical themed works.
How would we go about showing our stuff to each other - any ideas?>

Dear Poirot,
my cleric is an arsehole!
I dunno, maybe Foxy or one of the other OLO savants knows how we can do the trade yet preserve anonymity? Though I wouldn't mind getting to know you.
Posted by Squeers, Friday, 13 August 2010 6:21:57 PM
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Dear Squeers,
"I dunno, maybe Foxy or one of the other OLO savants knows how we can do the trade yet preserve anonymity.
Though I wouldn't mind getting to know you."
Same here.

Amazingly I've managed to locate my story without too much trouble. It's typewritten so I'll have to retype it up onto a document.
Posted by Poirot, Friday, 13 August 2010 7:33:50 PM
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