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M_Z_Harrison

@zemblamatic @josieislost JOSIE! about 3 hours ago via Echofon in reply to zemblamatic
Just been to 'Writing Britain: Wastelands To Wonderlands' at the British Library. It was OKAY. about 4 hours ago via Echofon
Brilliant episode of Word Of Mouth here, about the language used to describe the natural world: bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b… (via @Technicolourism) about 15 hours ago via web
Some great quotes here, from writers on writing: goodreads.com/quotes/tag/wri… 6:25 AM May 28th via web
craftygreenpoet Still time to book a place on my 'Creative Writing Inspired by Nature' course @UniofEdinburgh @wolct ed.ac.uk/studying/short… 4:50 AM May 28th via web Retweeted by M_Z_Harrison and 1 other
Really interesting interview with @glinner in the Guardian: "The creative process requires a period of boredom, (cont) tl.gd/hjh8lv 4:31 AM May 28th via TwitLonger Beta
YESSSS. My pen-pal, the brilliant author Robert Macfarlane, will be on Radio 4 at 9 to talk about landscape. 12:32 AM May 28th via Echofon
@ewanpearson I want to be as good a writer as I am a reader. Which is a massive ask! 12:24 AM May 28th via Echofon in reply to ewanpearson
@ewanpearson Incredibly fucking painful. Because it was really hard to produce those 25,000 wds. But he's right, it needs to be even harder. 12:23 AM May 28th via Echofon in reply to ewanpearson
@ewanpearson Oh, it's a good thing really. Better than plugging on with it. 11:56 PM May 27th via Echofon in reply to ewanpearson
@ewanpearson The question was actually about how far you should push yourself vs accepting your 'voice'. Now abandoning book 2. 3:26 PM May 27th via Echofon in reply to ewanpearson
@ewanpearson My girlfriend Alex asked me to name a character after her recently. I might make him a paedophile. How are you, anyway? 3:25 PM May 27th via Echofon in reply to ewanpearson
@Hedge_Britannia You should do a Twitter giveaway! Ask a hedge-based question and give 5 signed copies to anyone who answers correctly & RTs 8:38 AM May 27th via Echofon in reply to Hedge_Britannia
@Hedge_Britannia Actually, you know what? I'M GOING TO BUY ONE. 8:20 AM May 27th via Echofon in reply to Hedge_Britannia
@Hedge_Britannia I've been asking B'bury for a copy of your book. Really keen to read it! 7:50 AM May 27th via Echofon in reply to Hedge_Britannia
@Hedge_Britannia Ah. Not a fan, I'm guessing! Congratulations on the Radio 4 thing, btw. You must be pleased! 7:42 AM May 27th via Echofon in reply to Hedge_Britannia
The question about writing that's been plaguing me for weeks has been answered unequivocally by Jonathan Franzen in the Guardian Review. 7:27 AM May 27th via Echofon
Death by watering can: mel-talesofthecity.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/death.… Sorry, blue tit. 5:22 AM May 26th via web
"A writer’s task is to make ordinariness extraordinary." – the wonderful Ronald Blythe: wormingford.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/task-o… 4:27 AM May 26th via web
parisreview Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant.-Joyce Carol Oates bit.ly/JtQuAl 1:00 PM May 25th via HootSuite Retweeted by M_Z_Harrison and 29 others

Name Melissa Harrison
Location London
Web http://www.taleso...
Bio Writer, dog botherer, amateur naturAList. First novel, Clay, will be published by Bloomsbury in January 2013. It'll look ace on your bookshelf. Seriously.