Monthly Archives: April 2011

the sleepover

Posted on April 22, 2011 by anna cowan

In a book I read recently, a middle-aged novelist who’d let herself go a bit was nervous and excited about a potential friendship. She commented that new friends made her feel as excited these days as new boyfriends used to. … Continue reading →

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wedding vows in action

Posted on April 20, 2011 by anna cowan

We wrote our own wedding vows. Contrary to what you might expect, mine were full of well-considered guidelines of behaviour for our future, and special k vowed to love me beneath a mountain, by a forest, under a moon. One … Continue reading →

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numbers in fiction

Posted on April 17, 2011 by anna cowan

I don’t know if I’ll ever be one of those people who lies about their age. A friend of mine recently told me that when she was backpacking in Europe at 18, she told everyone she was 19 because it … Continue reading →

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never, never, never, never give up

Posted on April 15, 2011 by anna cowan

I misquote Churchill, because “never give up” galvanises me more right now than “never give in”. Though maybe the latter is more constructive. Maybe this is war. After a couple of weeks of productive writing (which coincided, without coincidence, with … Continue reading →

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