Derek Smith Stories...
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Just read through this thread...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Tell us some more. I quite enjoyed reading them.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Tell us some more. I quite enjoyed reading them.
If you have a look on his profile https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=... he has a website http://www.writewheel.uk/ which may be of interest to you OP
AB said:
0a said:
I sometimes disagreed with him but he was one of the good ones. A gent.
RIP Derek.
Pretty sure he’s not dead.RIP Derek.
What have I done?!
And referring to someone in the past tense is also usually not done whilst they're alive.
What was the intention when typing that post?
I'm worried now: maybe I should call 101? Or phone a local taxi to check if anyone answers the door...?
Ian
BAM225 said:
If anyone wants a link to my book, please PM me. I've been told off by mods for posting a personal link.
On a serious note, I used to write down everything I did at work. Day after day, week after week. Writing stuff down means that I remember it. Further, if going to court I had to commit details to memory. I can remember the name of the chap who was my first arrest when in CID.
I've kept it up since leaving the job as I write for a (paltry) living. I carry notebooks around with me everywhere. If I'm going out on a job I carry two. I've got a book consisting of Hemmingway's notes. I reckon him as a writer and follow his MO. I have dozens of notebooks. I was going to commit them to Word and store them on my computer, but there are too many.
Like most people, something from my past will spring to mind when chatting to someone, or when something comes on TV. Notebook out, note made, comment from the wife, put notebook down. If I don't write it down, it hasn't happened. If I do, it tends to stay with me. If you have a poor memory for names then write them down in a notebook with brief details of when met, what info you gained, that sort of thing. You'll remember their names next time you meet them.
I once came out of WH Smith behind a young kid and his father. The lad was reading a comic and bumped into one of those flappy signs. He read it, turned to his father and said: Dad, what's a Health Lottery. Father thought a bit and then said: Smoking, son.
Cool or what?
I'll use that when the opportunity arises and people will think how clever it is. I won't mention I nicked it of course, but then Hemmingway never did either.
He had notes and anecdotes for every situation that was likely to happen to him. I've got some way to go yet.
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