Archive | December, 2008

The 2008 Retrospective

30 December 2008

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Thanks largely to the crumbling worldwide economy which has already seen hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs, 2008 will be considered by many as a terrible year. For me, though, it were frickin’ ace! Why?  Well, for starters I got an agent.  In February of this year I signed with Fraser Ross Associates, [...]

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Woe is me!

22 December 2008

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As I’ve already mentioned, we’re back home in Fort William.  What I may not have mentioned is we’re back home in Fort William with NO INTERNET ACCESS!! I’m suffering.  I’m suffering badly.  I haven’t gone this long without net access in years.  I can already feel my social skills improving.  If I don’t get a [...]

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One week to go …

18 December 2008

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It’s almost Christmas.  Blimey.  Seven days from now, Santa Claus will already have squeezed himself down the chimneys of the world and will be zooming his way back to the North Pole, tired, drunk, and stuffed to bursting point with cookies. Coincidentally, that’s how I’ll be spending Christmas Day, too. Of course, when you’re an [...]

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Not actually half bad …

9 December 2008

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It’s rare that I read over anything I’ve written and think it’s any good. On the odd occasions I do, I never mention it to anyone, because I’m not very good at bigging myself up an’ that. However … I’ve just had a read over the latest draft of book one of my 9-12 year [...]

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Saturday night’s all right for writing

6 December 2008

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Well here I am, sat by myself in the back room, working my way through another rewrite.  It’s a solitary life, this writing lark.  Why, if I didn’t have you, dear blog readers, I think I’d go quite, quite mad. Actually, I’m finished the bulk of my rewrite, and am now doing the twiddly bits.  [...]

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The 100th Post Spectacular!

1 December 2008

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Let the trumpets play, let the dancers dance, and let all of us be merry – ’tis the 100th post here on BarryHutchison.com! Although I stated my intention a while back to become a kind of mutant book/butterfly hybrid when I reached my 100th post (see here for details), I’ve decided not to bother.  This [...]

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