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Eric McFarlane - writer

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Author, stamp dealer and fiddler (in a musical sense). www.ericmcfarlane.co.uk Latest novel - The Allotment Society, humorous crime. Guaranteed to contain no gardening advice. https://mybook.to/dHqVVy

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The #WIPSnips words for April 21st for April 27th are April 21 - move; April 22 - submit; April 23 - click; April 24 - magic; April 25 - wofl; April 26 - decor; April 27 - indeed.

The #WIPSnips words for April 21st for April 27th are April 21 - move; April 22 - submit; April 23 - click; April 24 - magic; April 25 - wofl; April 26 - decor; April 27 - indeed.

The #WIPSnips words for April 21st - April 27th are here!

Don't forget your #WIPSnips hashtag with your posts!

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21.04.2025 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
The #WIPSnips words for April 14 - April 20th are here.
April 14 - chill; April 15 - fear; April 16 - wet; April 17 - dear; April 18 - music; April 19 - introduce; April 20 - smoke

The #WIPSnips words for April 14 - April 20th are here. April 14 - chill; April 15 - fear; April 16 - wet; April 17 - dear; April 18 - music; April 19 - introduce; April 20 - smoke

Here are the words for #WIPSnips for April 14th through April 20th.

Don't forget the hashtag in your post and Alt Text on your graphics!

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14.04.2025 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

He hit repeat, and I watched my block and an open door, and the crowd of cops, and a gurney with a body bag thrown onto it. I put my hands to my face. I couldnโ€™t believe I was crying, crying for that stupid schmuck with his impossible dreams.
#wipsnips #sf #writingcommunity #writesky

09.04.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#booksky #bookcomics

06.04.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9367    ๐Ÿ” 1110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 137    ๐Ÿ“Œ 93

Wind whipping through my hair, we stood at a handrail where, a hundred feet below, Lower straggled on in its ramshackle way. If the evening sun had cast a golden glow, you might have called it beautiful. But it wasnโ€™t, so it looked like a pile of crap.
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08.04.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#writingtips #BooksWorthReading #BookBoost #AmQuerying #AmWriting

07.04.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is high art

06.04.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26617    ๐Ÿ” 7635    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 546    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1026
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A Clear Solution A Clear Solution eBook : McFarlane, Eric: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Free for the next few days A Clear Solution - prequel to The Allotment Society.

#free #ebook #humour

07.04.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you want to live forever, write a story that will outlive youโ€”one that carries a piece of your soul in every line.

28.03.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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From Book 1 of my #Atlantis trilogy, when Kena first finds his pet phoenix. Mireia's views of masculinity & strength evolve quite a lot as she gets older.

06.04.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The #WIPSnips words for April 7 through April 13
April 7 - supply; April 8 - whip; April 9 - cry; April 10 - trip; April 11 - goodbye; April 12 lip; April 13 - comply

The #WIPSnips words for April 7 through April 13 April 7 - supply; April 8 - whip; April 9 - cry; April 10 - trip; April 11 - goodbye; April 12 lip; April 13 - comply

Here are the words for the new week of #WIPSnips!

April 7th through April 13th

Don't forget to use the #WIPSnips hashtag in your post & try to remember Alt Text on any graphics you use. Sometimes the font is difficult to read & Alt Text helps with that!

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07.04.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

That's a weird looking cat.

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05.04.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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05.04.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We were climbing away from the dismal wet low ground onto the dismal higher ground where those who could afford to get out of the city made their homes. Party officials or crooks, most of them, or did that come to the same thing?
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03.04.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My dear husband, at times, will just stare,
His gaze seemingly fixed on mere air.
What has captured his eye?
The rapture? A fly?
Heโ€™s not scared, so Iโ€™d guess โ€ฆ not a bear.

#vsspoem #Gaze #Marriage #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #LightVerse #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems

03.04.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
March 31 - appreciate; April 1- trick; April 2 - scene; April 3 - official; April 4 - laugh; April 5 - count; April 6 - name

March 31 - appreciate; April 1- trick; April 2 - scene; April 3 - official; April 4 - laugh; April 5 - count; April 6 - name

The #WIPSnips words for next week are here! Hopping right on into April.

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31.03.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

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From Heir to The Sun.
Loneliness is a definitely a theme in this book, and will also be for the (at-some-point coming) sequel.
Aura is an extrovert and not coping well with her somewhat own choice of isolation.

30.03.2025 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips | lonely

So I do have a couple of uses of that, but going a wee bit sideways and using 'alone' for today's prompt, just because it lets me share this particular snippet.

( saranadosfiction.com/2024/12/21/s... )

30.03.2025 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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This week has just been full of romantic snips! This is from Book 2 of my #Atlantis trilogy, one of my favorite passages.

30.03.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finklebaum smiled, or rather a thin fissure opened across his granite-lined face. โ€˜I like to help. Iโ€™m just a lonely old man, but I like to help.โ€™
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30.03.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don't forget the #solareclipse tomorrow. This is my picture from 2015.

28.03.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A lovely Neolithic knife - with its wooden handle - from a site with houses built on stilts on marshy land in Germany. Usually, the wooden part rots away and we just have the blade. This makes so much more sense!
OP - David Connolly on FB:
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22.03.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3523    ๐Ÿ” 448    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42

GNU Terry Pratchett. #Speakhisname

12.03.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1681    ๐Ÿ” 473    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
The Allotment Society: A laugh out loud crime comedy eBook : McFarlane, Eric: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store The Allotment Society: A laugh out loud crime comedy eBook : McFarlane, Eric: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk/Allotment-So...
#booktwt #kindlebooks #bookworm #ShamelessSelfPromoMonday #bookfotheday #bookstoread
#humour

24.03.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œWell come on up to my room. Iโ€™ve got a bottle and some glasses for an emergency like this.โ€
He looked at me kinda funny like I guess a fly might look at a spider. โ€œYou sure this is a good idea? I mean you donโ€™t know me. Not really.โ€
#wipsnips #sf #humour

24.03.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The #WIPSnips words for March 24 - March 30

March 24 - ditch; March 25 - lung; March 26 - fact; March 27 - quick; March 28 - smart; March 29 - touch; March 30 - lonely

The #WIPSnips words for March 24 - March 30 March 24 - ditch; March 25 - lung; March 26 - fact; March 27 - quick; March 28 - smart; March 29 - touch; March 30 - lonely

Can't believe this is the last full week of March!

The #WIPSnips words for March 24 - March 30 are here!

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24.03.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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#writingcommunity #writerscommunity #WritersCafe #amwriting #selfpublishing

18.03.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#writing #humour #writingcommunity

18.03.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My Corvid based bread business is well organised, I've got all my Rooks in a dough.
#humour #humoursky

18.03.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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