Annette Thomson, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/nettiewriter/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:27:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Elephants Dancing in My Tummy: And The Angels Cried https://booksbywomen.org/elephants-dancing-in-my-tummy-and-the-angels-cried-by-annette-thomson/ https://booksbywomen.org/elephants-dancing-in-my-tummy-and-the-angels-cried-by-annette-thomson/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:19:47 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7872 I have a herd of elephants dancing in my tummy; my head aches and I am intermittently overcome by a wave of panic which starts at my toes and oozes from my fingers as I type; I’m not sleeping too well either. I’m not ill or on drugs – unless you count the medicinal Pinot […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/elephants-dancing-in-my-tummy-and-the-angels-cried-by-annette-thomson/feed/ 9 7872 Critiques: Giving and Receiving Feedback https://booksbywomen.org/critiques-giving-and-receiving-feedback-by-nettie-thomson/ https://booksbywomen.org/critiques-giving-and-receiving-feedback-by-nettie-thomson/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:05:26 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=1321 You know the old adage, ‘practise makes perfect’? Well take it from me, it’s a load of codswallop. I could practise hitting a tennis ball over the net from now until Christmas but without someone giving me pointers on how to improve my hold and demonstrating how better to follow through with each stroke, it’s […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/critiques-giving-and-receiving-feedback-by-nettie-thomson/feed/ 30 1321 The First Rule About Writing Club… https://booksbywomen.org/the-first-rule-about-writing-club-by-nettie-thomson/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-first-rule-about-writing-club-by-nettie-thomson/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:42:05 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=559 We met Nettie Thomson on Twitter, an ocean apart, and she delightfully stepped up as one of our first guest bloggers, something we’ll always be grateful to her for.  NettieWriter’s  first post was so well loved (20 comments to date), that we encouraged her to write again. See how you like Nettie’s voice and what […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-first-rule-about-writing-club-by-nettie-thomson/feed/ 13 559 Just Getting On With It https://booksbywomen.org/just-getting-on-with-it-by-writer-nettie-thomson/ https://booksbywomen.org/just-getting-on-with-it-by-writer-nettie-thomson/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 20:58:31 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=149 When Books By Women asked me to write this blog post, I was both delighted and scared witless. I am a woman who writes and has had some success with short stories, but as yet I have to finish the book and find someone foolhardy enough to publish it.  In short, I felt a bit […]

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