St George's Day.

[lttdcn]

British, and proud of it. (I have to say British as there are a few pesky Scots in my bloodline for me to claim to be wholly English, she says tongue-in-cheek. Maybe.;) )

'Cry God for Harry, England and St George!'

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[amamama]

Happy St.George's day! Though why he had to slay that dragon, I've never understood... Interesting blog you linked to, I was about to disappear totally, before I got a grip on myself. Spen too much time on other blogs already. Like Neil Gaiman's, in which he says this about advice from fellow writers:

I tried to think about the best advice I'd ever been given by another writer. There was something that someone said at my first Milford, about using style as a covering, but sooner or later you would have to walk naked down the street, that was useful...

And then I remembered. It was Harlan Ellison about a decade ago.

He said, "Hey. Gaiman. What's with the stubble? Every time I see you, you're stubbly. What is it? Some kind of English fashion statement?"

"Not really."

"Well? Don't they have razors in England for Chrissakes?"

"If you must know, I don't like shaving because I have a really tough beard and sensitive skin. So by the time I've finished shaving I've usually scraped my face a bit. So I do it as little as possible."

"Oh." He paused. "I've got that too. What you do is, you rub your stubble with hair conditioner. Leave it a couple of minutes, then wash it off. Then shave normally. Makes it really easy to shave. No scraping."

I tried it. It works like a charm. Best advice from a writer I've ever received.