HeyJaredWord Count: Mews, News and Reviews
Word Count is Suw Charman-Anderson's regular round up of writing tips, podcast recommendations, book reviews, and thoughts about TV, film and more. Continue on to subscribe to Fieldwork, which follows my comedy short about ecologists in the field!
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Word Count 122: New Ghosts trailer, S2 of Small Prophets confirmed, Matthew Rhys makes Emmy history (opens the original)
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Hi there, Let’s dive in with the most important bit of news first:New trailer: The Possession of Button HouseI properly chortled at this, and cannot wait to see Ghosts on the big screen at some point on/after 23 October. Small Prophets Series 2 confirmedMore good news: Mackenzie Crook’s Small Prophets will be returning next year on BBC One. Crook says:I’m thrilled
Word Count 121: Rough drafts, your brain loves paper, creative hangovers (opens the original)
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Hi there,Summer is finally over, a cooling drizzle has returned at last and the grass is greening up once again. My plan to return to our usual fortnightly schedule fell down a well somewhere and was never heard from again, but here we are after a lovely holiday in Brittany and Wales and a month of frantic work, looking at a bunch of interesting things worth sharing.Suw’s News: Fieldwork progress and a wee reminderI haven’t been doing much writing this year, largely due to the whole being skint
Word Count 120: New interactive fiction game, Brompton birbs, small horn toot (opens the original)
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