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May 17, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

On going consistently brilliant writing EB.................

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Rereading this and it's just so much more emotional this time. That line at the end... "Needles are for those who’ve been abandoned and need to prove it." Modern writing does not get any better than this .

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Thanks, Jo.

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Nov 6, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Another deep sigh...

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Aug 9, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Wow. The way you write is so incredibly emotive, I have tears streaming down my face, at the same time as a tense feeling in my chest and an excitement in my stomach! It’s so gripping, and then I remember it’s all true. Truly amazing writing.

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😌 xx

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May 17, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Wow! I love reading your work. It feels visceral without being bogged down in detail. You move through the action, never too swiftly, and always letting the reader linger on the interesting bits.

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Thanks Jason. You've picked out exactly the delicacy of this; that balance between movement and detail, speed and density. The self constraints I've set help I think; I write each piece fresh every morning, no pre-planning allowed except for what I can hold in my head, but no research and no writing anything down no matter what line I think of the evening before. And of course I have to keep it short, to that one minute mark. I'm learning a huge amount by doing it.

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May 16, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

And drove on and on and on

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Yup x

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