Dear Dom, Yes, it is me again! Me, Jay Cool! And yes, I know that you gave me the sack before I even got the job, or for that matter, before I even received a response! And, yes, I know that you haven’t had time to read my application letter yet, hence the prematurely-premature sacking.Continue reading “Savvy Letter – Dear Dom (Again)”
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Silly Writing Tips – How to enjoy editing ..
Feeling glum. Editing is really not fun. Enjoyed the writing part but, on getting to the end, realised I had to go back to the beginning and start all over again, skimming, scanning and slicing. My so-called whole book is marred by the workings of my gubbins, i.e. the muddle that is the wayContinue reading “Silly Writing Tips – How to enjoy editing ..”
Savvy Book – Paris Echo
‘Paris Echo’, by Sebastian Faulks. I’m told that the first sentence is key to writing a bestseller. And, on picking up a copy of Seb’s ‘Paris Echo’, I know this to be true. I read the first sentence: ‘I was taking a pee in the bathroom when I caught sight of myself in the mirror.’ (p.1) Recalling myContinue reading “Savvy Book – Paris Echo”
Savvily-Serious Poem – Lift Lines
Inspired by the words of Christina Henry, in her novel, ‘The Girl in Red’: ‘.. a cloak made of tired that pressed down on her shoulders and made her neck droop.’ (p.32) And by my memory of lamp I once owned, in the shape of a lady wearing a crinoline dress – a lady whose undergarmentsContinue reading “Savvily-Serious Poem – Lift Lines”
Savvy Tips – Net it!
What to write about? Why question it! Why not just write about whatever you can catch back? All you need is a net – it doesn’t have to be costly – one of those little nets on the end of a stick will do! You know, the sort you nagged your parents for, every timeContinue reading “Savvy Tips – Net it!”
Savvy Style – Princess Cool
It’s 1.22am, and here is the moment readers of Savvy Style – Bag a Princess! have all been waiting for. Put down the red carpet for a very important guest! Cameras at the ready … Let me introduce you to our late arrival, held up by a wardrobe malfunction, on the eve of her engagement toContinue reading “Savvy Style – Princess Cool”
Savvy Style – Bag a Princess!
Update on the whole Princess-Beatrice-lookalike dress on a budget fiasco! As you saw in my previous post, Princess Budget, I did eventually achieve some success with my charity shop jaunt, with a floral wonder from Cancer Research UK – well under budget at £3! It’s true enough that it was a little short and improper, theContinue reading “Savvy Style – Bag a Princess!”
Silly Poem – Instant Soulmate
Stockwell & Co., tastes like bran, my instant soulmate – my coffee, my love! Copyright owned by Jay Cool, September 2019 P.S. I am not being sponsored by Tesco to promote this product, but they are welcome to send me a sack-load of the stuff, if they so insist! It’s great for the oldContinue reading “Silly Poem – Instant Soulmate”
Savvy Tips – Steal A Style
Keen to be a writer? But lacking in self-confidence? Has anything changed since your schooldays. Think back! Were you scared in case the teacher thought your work was rubbish? Did you hedge your bets and borrow your ideas from the teacher’s pet – the one seated next to you? Time to dip your toesContinue reading “Savvy Tips – Steal A Style”
Formalisation: A Savvy Poem
To be on form is to be sensationalised. To be on form is not to be real. To be on form makes no sense of any kind of nonsensical nonsense and is – in a sense – completely and utterly senseless. And, no, I am not just a someone – a someone striving to beContinue reading “Formalisation: A Savvy Poem”
The Silly-Savvy Salopian in Suffolk: read, believe and write ... 