Category Archives: criticism

The Sweet Art Of Taking Criticism – Learning To Roll With The Punches

Posted on Jul 14, 2021 by TanGental

When I was in the second form (what is now year 8 in English schools), my English master, Mr Doubleday*, asked us to start writing a book. That was the gist of his challenge though how he set it up … Continue reading →

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Always Learning #edithardeditoften

Posted on Mar 20, 2017 by TanGental

There is, truly, no such thing as the perfect piece of writing. It can always be improved. Recently I wrote  short piece for Rachael’s Blog Battle which, by public vote, won. Part of the goody bag that came with the kudos was a … Continue reading →

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Manchester By The Sea: a film review

Posted on Jan 21, 2017 by TanGental

I had a choice; this movie or La La Land. Now, because of some over active cultural snobbery I took a quick glance at the blurb for Manchester, realised it wasn’t set in the North of England but Massachusetts (so … Continue reading →

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A follow up to a thought and a favour

Posted on Feb 11, 2015 by TanGental

Yesterday I posted on my current book and raised the issue of the cover. Interestingly while that generated comment (which I will come on to) so did a topic I didn’t raise specifically. The title God Bothering Why didn’t I raise … Continue reading →

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First edition

Posted on Sep 4, 2014 by TanGental

I have mentioned my slow, even tortuous progress to publishing my book, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle. You can read the first three chapters here. Well, the story so far (ha!) is I think I’m nearly there. I have a … Continue reading →

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Ton up

Posted on Aug 2, 2014 by TanGental

As I write this, this post has a fin de siècle feel to it. I posted my first blog post on 24th April, about Cornwall. It dealt with the Cornish language, using a foreign language in my writing (Polish – … Continue reading →

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Taking it on the chin – a guide to taking criticism

Posted on Jun 26, 2014 by TanGental

  When I was in the second form (what is now year 8 in English schools), my English master, Mr Doubleday*, asked us to start writing a book. That was the gist of his challenge though how he set it … Continue reading →

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