Michael Hodgson
First class honours degree with the OU in 2003. Since then, published two books and am presently building a web site to publicise my latest book. My background is in PR
www.patriciarocbiography.co.uk
Location Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Michael Hodgson made a comment
Hello - I have written two books and am wondering if I can adapt one or both into a screen play. Can only try!
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Michael Hodgson made a comment
Soda Campari per favore - grazie. I think there is a lot of room for improvement!
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Michael Hodgson made a comment
I'll be interested to find out if the Royals did eat to excess as often depicted in the cinema. Were they really gluttons or is this simply a myth. I am also hoping to learn how the palace kitchens functioned. Where they, for instance, hygienic, overstaffed, wasteful!
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I received 2 reviews. One was positive with some valid points which I shall address in the future. The other was insulting and darn right rude. I am pleased that most reviewers mentioned in the comments below stuck to the criteria asked for by the course team and didn't resort to a self-opinionated outlook on life, which was the case with my second reviewer..
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Michael Hodgson replied to Kathy Schilbach
Your first 'port of call' should be the library where you can get hold of a copy of either Writer’s Handbook or Writer’s Market. Either should help.
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Michael Hodgson replied to louise griffin
Well spotted!
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With a loaded gun concealed inside her voluminous her coat, Hilary was the only one in the busy street who seemed to be looking up towards the rain filled clouds in the winter sky.
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Part 1
She turned to see a familiar figure standing at the supermarket checkout.
‘Barney!’ she yelled.
He didn’t look up – instead, responding with a grunt in much the same irritated tone he deployed with autograph hunters. A grunt which really meant: ‘Just go away…NOW’
‘It’s Penny.’
Barney's head shot up, and he burst out laughing. They hadn’t met... -
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He was now casually dressed in a cheap tartan shirt and jeans, cloths you can buy from any high-street discount store. And years of hitting the bottle had taken its toll. His eyes were bloodshot and his once boyish face was deep-wrinkled, bloated and haggard.
'Got time for a coffee, my treat. We've a lot of catching up to do' said Penny.
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As I write I highlight in red anything I think I might want to change or research further. For me, it saves having to stop writing to look something up, which would break my train of thought.
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Michael Hodgson made a comment
...the grass needs cutting. Funny how quickly it grows this time of the year.
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Michael Hodgson replied to Bob Ballard
Hope Emma cleaned up the mess after she'd calmed down!
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My two dog suddenly started to bar. In fact it was no ordinary bark, it was more like the howl of a wolf, a spine tingling howl, as though he was communicating with the devil himself.
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If I scribble something down quickly I have a devil of a job deciphering it later. So, now I always have a small digital voice recorder in my pocket which I use as backup.
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Michael Hodgson made a comment
He went to the under-stairs cupboard knowing full well that Sue kept the vacuum cleaner there; well, he'd moved it often enough when he wanted to get himself another bottle of beer. On this occasion though, it wasn't beer he was after. No.
'I'll surprise Sue and hoover the carpets for her,' he murmured to himself.'Be a love and get the vacuum cleaner out...
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Michael Hodgson replied to Michael Hodgson
Hello Shirley (or should I say 'Bonjour'
Pat Roc was one of the nicest ladies I have met, but she was all too aware of her looks and at times used them to devastating effect. As for Tony Steel, well, he was a complex bloke and not very well liked by his fellow actors. I am finding his story harder to write than I did with Pat's, but I'll get there eventually... -
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She turned to see a familiar figure standing at the checkout.
‘Tony!’ she yelled.
He didn’t look up – instead, responding with a grunt in much the same irritated tone he deploys with autograph hunters. A grunt which really means: ‘Just go away…NOW’
‘It’s Sally.’
Tony’s head shot up, and he burst out laughing. They hadn’t met for several years, during... -
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Already written and publish a biography about Patricia Roc (patriciarocbiography.co.uk) a very popular British movie star during the 1940s and 1950s. At present I am writing the biography of another British star, Anthony Steel who married the voluptuous Swedish star, Anita Ekberg. But now dead keen to write a novel, if only to get away from the endless...
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Outside of the passenger door although had the cartridge case been one of the options, I think I might have opted for that!
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It would appear that the majority has the husband as prime suspect (me included) but I think I will wait for some forensic evidence before actually accusing him - which I see several people have done, e.g.. Martin Owen writes: 'it was the husband wot did it'. What happened to innocent until proven guilty!
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Did Mr Ward attend to his wife after she had been shot, and place her in a sitting position in the car because, from the video, she doesn't appear to have put up much resistance - if at all.
