CAROLINE DEACON
Writer, reader, creative writing tutor
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This #sundayreading is for a book group next week. It’s always interesting when you read something that someone else has selected. Quite slow but atmospheric #sundayreads #amreading #amreadingya
#throwbackthursday to 2011 and the #merdeglace from Argentiere. The entire 2021 season and January 2022 skiiing plans were scuppered by Covid - here's hoping we can get there in March. #snow #skiing #glaciers
This #sundayreading is all about revising the Walsh family in anticipation of the publication of a new Rachel novel in February. It’s like reacquainting myself with old friends #sundayreads #amreading #bookstagram #books #bookshelf
Blimey that was difficult #jigsawpuzzle #jigsaw #edinburgh #covidisolation #covid_19
#throwbackthursday to January 2007 trying out my new Canon EOS. #inverness #culloden #clavacairns
#throwbackthursday to 2007 when we still lived in Inverness and could walk to Leakies second-hand bookshop.
In anticipation of being allowed to #ski this season, #throwbackthursday is from December 2005 when we spent a family #christmas in #stantonamarlberg - great snow on the #valluga
#stanton #snow
Edinburgh looking chilly. I love the way the terracotta of our buildings stands out #homesweethome #edinburgh #snow #pentlands #pentlandhills
#throwbackthursday Early morning this day 2004 #november #skies #inverness hovering in front of #benwyvis Love #winter colours
#throwbackthursday to 2017 in #Bath enjoying a short break. Loved it. And got lots of lovely Christmas presents too.
Latest From My Blog
Top Ten literary destinations in the UK – best holiday destinations for readers and writers.
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New Year Resolutions for Writers – extracts from December newsletter
Let's put that year behind us and think about how we can have a much better time in the future. Alas, that was also the opening line of my January newsletter. Maybe you did have a fantastic year, if so well done. Could some of my suggestions help you to make 2022 even...
Twenty-Five Best books of 2021
Looking back over my year of reading, what strikes me now is how hard it is to categorise some of the books. Many were sold as contemporary fiction but turned out to be what we might have previously defined as sci fi/ fantasy. Meanwhile the world of...