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The Truth About Lies

The Truth About Lies

http://jim-murdoch.blogspot.com/

Scottish author Jim Murdoch discusses writing, his own and other authors, and muses at length about his fascination with the perversity of language. Veering from the nostalgic to the acerbic his blog will amuse anyone with a love of language.

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  • Beckett the tinkerer (part one)

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 05:54 in Director, beckett, what where

    We're not entirely restrictive. We're not . . . conservers of museum pieces. Not at all.  — Edward Beckett There is a school of thought (passionately held by many) that holds that it is tantamount to sacrilege to tamper with ...

  • Travels in the Scriptorium Part II

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 18:05 in book review, auster

    I have spent my life in conversations with people I have never seen, with people I will never know and I hope to continue until the day I stop breathing. - from Paul Auster's acceptance speech for the Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters I...

  • Travels in the Scriptorium Part I

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 18:03 in book review, auster

    I knew very little about Paul Auster when I bought this book. I knew the name. I knew of him and that he was a respected, probably American, author. It was certainly why I picked the book up although I suspect its size – it's only 130 pages long â...

  • Where are all the poetical prodigies?

    Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 10:28 in poetry, prodigy, mozart, mattie stepanek, akiane

      If you were asked to think of a prodigy, who would jump to mind? I would suggest that that list would be topped by Mozart. Wee Wölfi began to play the harpsichord when he was 3. By 5 he was performing publicly and had begun composing. But w...

  • The Master and Margarita

    Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 22:01 in book review, russia, stalin, magic realism, bulgakov

    When God created light, the first shadow was born – tagline to the film Shadow Builder   This is a very long review so for those of you reading this in your lunch hour let me cut to the chase. The Master and Margarita can be reaso...

  • Foe

    Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 20:35 in africa, feminism, coetzee, metafiction, postcolonialism

    History is nothing but a certain kind of story that people agree to tell each other – J M Coetzee   Titles are odd things. How do you decide on a title that will encompass a complete novel? What is the purpose of that title? Is ...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 7 comments.

acgaughen

5 stars AC Gaughen

Great Blog! I'm in St Andrews for a while; there's no better place to be a writer than Scotland.

Posted: October 28th, 2008 | More Reviews From acgaughen | Report This Comment

robertstevenson

5 stars Dr. Rob

I love your writing. Glasgow seems wonderful. I lived in Nottingham but never made it to Scotland. I look forward to your next post.

Posted: May 19th, 2008 | More Reviews From robertstevenson | Report This Comment

Felixmartin

5 stars Ken Armstrong

Up there with the very best writing blogs I have found.

Jim's posts are highly informed, intelligent and humane.

Posted: April 20th, 2008 | More Reviews From Felixmartin | Report This Comment

kebelle

5 stars kebelle

You have a very helpful site for a newbie in the writing world like me.

Posted: February 22nd, 2008 | More Reviews From kebelle | Report This Comment

jimmurdoch

5 stars Jim Murdoch

Hey, looks like there's two of us - Scottish blood from Northern Ireland! Interesting Blog. I'll be taking a closer look at your work. My wife and I will publishing our first book this year, very exciting. Stop by my Blog and let me know what you think. I'll be adding to your blog to my Blogroll.
Jim

Posted: January 24th, 2008 | More Reviews From jimmurdoch | Report This Comment

BTCassidy

5 stars BT Cassidy

Jim’s posts are insightful and helpful with a courteous tip of the hat toward his own preferences. He presents his view, acknowledged as such while remaining objective and informative- If you write, and want to learn more about writing check this blog regularly.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008 | More Reviews From BTCassidy | Report This Comment

DiamondVVV1

5 stars DiamondVVV1

Great blog!

Posted: November 24th, 2007 | More Reviews From DiamondVVV1 | Report This Comment

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