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Original Book (source: apols to Amazon, I seem to've leant out my copy! Language, as we writers are aware, changes and develops over time.  But does it also, sometimes, move in circles, returning to where it was first used? I wonder if you've noticed the appearance of some strangely-sounding little catch-phrases in   the past few years?   A bit vintage. Maybe used by our aunts?  These seem to fall into categories. Reviving a word that has been abandoned as ‘un-cool’ and ‘old-fashioned’ for a while – for example ‘What gives you joy?’ Joy hasn’t been a popular, familia word for decades. Now, suddenly, it has reappeared and is everywhere. ‘Be kind’ and ‘kindness’ share this category – was ‘kindness’   much used, before the lockdowns? But after Caroline Flack left her note, #BeKind became, as it's called, a meme. I thought it had all come from that: but looking on Google discovered that a ‘Be Kind Movement’ had begun in schools, in 2015.   Whatever, Flack’s ...

I've just been tagged in a Blog Hop meme by Susie Kelly via Victoria Corby called The Next Big Thing - French Twist. A Q&A about current work in progress. It looks great  and I want to participate, I will participate. But it's a long time since I wrote about writing. Problem is, it's a long time since I wrote at all despite all recent good intentions. I have 3 WIPs to complete, selecting one to revisit will, I'm sure, help in the mission to get back to writing. It brings it all back, in a good way, as to what it's all about. My happiest writing times were the pre-publishing hoo ha years of creative writing classes, mostly short stories, a bit of poetry. No pressure beyond getting the words right enough to read out loud, listening to others and entering a few competitions. Like many of those who were to become my friends on the courses, I dreamt of one day being able to write what I wanted to write, publish how I wanted to publish - .....oh hang on? So what...