Tag: Tim Parks
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Putting the world into words – Tim Parks and why we write
I’ve been fond of English writer Tim Parks since he cheerfully admitted to ABC Radio interviewer Margaret Throsby that he had had ‘enough rejection slips for his novels to paper Buckingham Palace with!’ Parks wrote seven novels over six years before one was accepted for publication. Rejected by twenty publishers, Parks tells us in Where…
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On sitting, standing, walking, and Tim Parks
We sit too much, those of us who write for a living. Or use the computer for a living. Hmmm, that’s a lot of us. Some health writers are even suggesting that we stand at our desks. But long ago I read that the best thing we can do for our legs is walk with…