I’ve just stopped having a bit of a tidy up.
The reason isn’t the usual excuse of “I’ve done two minutes, that’ll do”, but because I found a letter sent to me from a chap called Alistair Wisker.
At the time, Alistair was the Deputy Director of the Centre for Continuing Education at the UEA, and the letter was sent after I had completed a Diploma in Creative Writing overseen by the man himself.
Our tutor was the guy that wrote this and this (not sure about the lady-zombie on the cover though). He was ace, too.
The letter is full of praise. Indeed, a fair bit of it is insistent that I let him know how I got on with my writing.
My final mark was just 73%. Handwritten beneath the neatly word-processed letter is the following:
Alf
This was very much enjoyed by all who read it. In degree terms you have a first. Well done.
I think this is the first time I’ve actually read the letter.
I thought I’d do a web search on Alistair.
A great man, and suddenly very missed by boredofjam.
crazy fools
February 28, 2007One of the nice feaures of this WordPress blog thingy is that it tells me the search terms you (hereafter known as ‘the readers’) are using to locate this blog. Obviously you, the readers, may not be looking specifically for this blog, but here you end up.
Some of the nicest terms so far are:
and, of course:
Now, I’m not sure if you lazy good-for-nothings can’t remember the web address of this blog, but you’re more or less there with the search term.
Can I suggest you add me to your Favorites/Bookmarks? Just to save your little fingers from all that typing. And stuff (and shit and things).