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Maria Wallingford
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My 12 Months a Troll (The Virgin Paige #1)
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This Distant Carolling: A Story for Christmas
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2014
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Can you ever throw books away?
Apart from the launch of The Virgin Paige, after an age of editing, weeping and re-editing, three separate thing happened recently, all of which conspired to remind me - not that I needed reminding - of an old story my father enjoys telling about books.
These three things were: my youngest son's book exchange day at school; managing the house shelving around some long-mooted building work; and Read more of this blog post »
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“You're like a sluggish frog, Paige. When you're prodded you leap quite a long way, but if you're left to yourself then you're happy to sit about idly.”
― My 12 Months a Troll
― My 12 Months a Troll
“I have this dream where words, millions of
them, are on wings around me. Some are
grey and brown. There are some that are
easy to grab and I've soon got a fistful of
those. But some of them glow in shiny,
shiny colours and they pirouette at my out-
stretched fingertips.
I drop the easy ones like litter at my feet. I
climb a chair to get at the glittery stuff.
Then a ladder.
When I've climbed I see the gold one - a
long, long word that's just lovely in the
mouth. I'm soon teetering on a chimney
pot but it goes as I snatch at it. It flies on
purpose a millimetre from my nail tips as I
swat about. Precariously on tiptoes now. Eyes shut,
jumping to grab. My fingers are crammed
with words in
silver colours,
copper
colours, reds like autumn leaves. But I still
bat uselessly towards the gold word, which
flaps higher and higher until I loose my
footing on the chimney and fall, fall into
the stark white of the empty page.”
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them, are on wings around me. Some are
grey and brown. There are some that are
easy to grab and I've soon got a fistful of
those. But some of them glow in shiny,
shiny colours and they pirouette at my out-
stretched fingertips.
I drop the easy ones like litter at my feet. I
climb a chair to get at the glittery stuff.
Then a ladder.
When I've climbed I see the gold one - a
long, long word that's just lovely in the
mouth. I'm soon teetering on a chimney
pot but it goes as I snatch at it. It flies on
purpose a millimetre from my nail tips as I
swat about. Precariously on tiptoes now. Eyes shut,
jumping to grab. My fingers are crammed
with words in
silver colours,
copper
colours, reds like autumn leaves. But I still
bat uselessly towards the gold word, which
flaps higher and higher until I loose my
footing on the chimney and fall, fall into
the stark white of the empty page.”
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“It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting "Cathy" and banging your head against a tree.”
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.”
― This Lullaby
― This Lullaby
“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”
― This Lullaby
― This Lullaby
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Maria,I look forward to chatting about books with you!
