The Weight of a Voice – Chapter 1
August 24th, 2010
There is a place to the north of Sheffield, a grimy, hard-working industrial city in the county of Yorkshire. Wardsend. World’s End. People say it’s from the Old English, and of Viking or Roman origin, but they can’t be sure when their sources don’t seem to carry the same authority as the Good Book. Although [...]
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A light summer read…..
August 24th, 2010
I’ve just started reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. At University I remember that some of his books were recommended reading as part of my course, and I recall a degree of indignation on my part that someone was daring to disagree with, in fact actively criticise, my faith. Yet now I think about [...]
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The Weight of a Voice/Responding With Tea
August 12th, 2010
Not much to waffle about today. As promised, I’m going to commence putting my novel The Weight of a Voice on here in installments, starting below. The other thing I want to mention again is the recording that I’ve been doing – today I added the finishing touches to six tracks, recorded under my musical [...]
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I’m still alive (to quote Pearl Jam…..)
August 3rd, 2010
I’ve not posted anything on here for ages. I haven’t had time, or the desire. I have no motivation to write at the moment, but I’m not worried; seasons come and seasons go, and I feel like now is a ‘music’ season. I played an acoustic gig at my old church the other night, and [...]
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Pearls of wisdom?
May 3rd, 2010
I feel like I’m finally on the road to success. This week I received my first rejection from a potential literary agent. It’s a milestone that I knew I had to pass at some point, so I’m glad that it’s out of the way. Perhaps I’ll feel differently after the fiftieth rejection though…. Have you ever [...]
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Fool for Christ
April 11th, 2010
The Easter hols are flying by, and all I’ve got to show for the break from work is a massive red lump on my neck, together with numerous other identical wounds elsewhere, from a viscious afternoon of paintball. I’m in the middle of the third draft of my book, and the main development is that I’ve come up with a new title. [...]
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Celebrity Status
March 27th, 2010
I’ve not had chance to post much on here recently; Ofsted have been in, plus there’s been parents’ evenings and other stuff happening at school. Mrs Cooper is watching that rubbish new BBC ‘find a nobody to be in a West End show’ type programme, so I’m snatching a few minutes blog time whilst importing [...]
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Drinking Americano for the Lord
March 2nd, 2010
Walking through Hillsborough the other day, I noticed that a new coffee shop had opened up. After making a brief assessment of its potential, I decided that it probably wouldn’t rival Gracie’s, my ‘regular’ hangout (every couple of months counts as regular, surely?). One thing it does have going for it, though, is the fact [...]
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To put it in context….
February 11th, 2010
Ah, my study. Cosy, familiar, and almost completely soundproof. A moment ago I had to run downstairs to answer a cry of, ‘I’ve done a poo, Daddy!’, and left my steaming cup of freshly-ground coffee standing as the electric heater stirred into life. When I returned, the room smelled exactly like one of those healthy [...]
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Performance Management…..
February 1st, 2010
How ridiculous is Postman Pat nowadays? He was never annoying when I was young. He delivered real letters. He wasn’t incompetent. And his most advanced piece of kit was his van. In every episode he answers his mobile with, ‘Special Delivery Service – Pat speaking’, and it’s always his boss, telling him to come and pick [...]
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About Jon
Jon Cooper is a writer from Sheffield. He has a family consisting of grown ups and children and he likes real ale.
He has his finger in his ear and one eye closed.
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