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Sam Acres

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Retired to the Scottish Highlands, walks just the one dog now. Finding Blue Sky to be full of the support I've needed to re start my writing.

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Pantster or Plotter? It depends on the Characters. Some just trot off across the page, me following along behind, notebook in hand.
Other characters turn up and want a full itinerary, with timetable and a couple of therapy sessions before they’ll go anywhere.

#writingcommunity #writers

24.02.2026 06:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just recalled this convo. There is an ethical AI called spoken.press that will convert your text into an audiobook for free using real actors voices. You only pay if you want to publish. Try it!

15.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds great. I need to nerdily point out to remember which hemisphere she's in.

15.02.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OED says 'NO', but I would go for it!

14.02.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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Neat!

Wordle 1,701 4/6

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14.02.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#wipsnips
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Just the one #sweetheart in #SnowOnTheBen and its this brutal scene.

14.02.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#wipsnips
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Just this one #liquid

10.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#wipsnips
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#select
#SnowOnTheBen

09.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mine isn't that bad, but i have had it since 1981!

08.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I often reach for my copy of Roget's despite a thesaurus on MS Word. Anyone else?

08.02.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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Given so much of #SnowOnTheBen is on jet planes there is plenty of snips with #airport.

It's created an earworm though, off now to listen to The Motors
youtu.be/nAN-LvFOGus?...

08.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Leaving, on a jet plane...

#confident

03.02.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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No #zeal in #SnowOnTheBen but plenty of #passion

01.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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In #SnowOnTheBen Kate and James are forever trying to reconnect, could this time be the right time?

#suggest

30.01.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you very much. The small number of people who have read the complete draft tell me that my bringing in a sense of space is one of my strengths.

27.01.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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No #storm, unless I look outside, so I'm offering some wintery weather.

27.01.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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Just the one #transfer in #SnowOnTheBen. It's where the assertive Kate first meets the shy geologist James, and sets off a 25 year chain of events.

23.01.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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No #tattoo in #SnowOnTheBen so I offer this #design

22.01.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#wordle
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Wordle 1,678 6/6

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⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Oh, come on!

22.01.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#wordle

Wordle 1,676 X/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
Grrr

20.01.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Had a #gold in yesterday's snip. Here's another.

17.01.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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There were *so* many solutions here, so was very lucky with my final guess. Kept up a high winning streak too.

Wordle 1,672 6/6

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⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

16.01.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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No #brain in #SnowOnTheBen but several #mind

16.01.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Kate is about to receive an offer she can't refuse, but must.

#current
#SnowOnTheBen

14.01.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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After just meeting James, Kate gives him a lift into town.

#climb
#SnowOnTheBen

11.01.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Err, #Wordle, why is LATIN not in your word list?

10.01.2026 07:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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I thought this might be a spoiler, but without the context i guess its fine.

09.01.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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#lock
#SnowOnTheBen

It wasn't deliberate to write about a Texas lawyer's office and then compare it with a Scottish one (an earlier snip) but here we are.

07.01.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So grateful to live round here.

07.01.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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"The start of a beautiful friendship."

#low

06.01.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0