Samantha Priestley

just did my first blog for the litden http://literaryden.wordpress.com

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  • from Sheffield
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  • Member since: March 2007
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About Me

Me, Myself, and I
I am a writer. I am an editor for The Literary Den, where we publish one book of short stories every year in aid of The laura Crane Trust, a charity for young cancer sufferers. Come and join us! Apart from that my first novel, Despite Losing it on Finkle Street, is out and about in some bookshops (mainly Sheffield and Lake District so far), but it's available to order on amazon, waterstones.com, tesco.com, bookshop.blackwell.co.uk, play.com and loads more places. Read an extract at www.bebo.com/finklestreet and let me know what you think. x
Music
Turin Brakes, Ryan Adams, Kate Bush, Outroads, Pink Floyd, Elbow, Damien Rice, David Gray, Kings of Leon, Watch this Fire Spread, Kate Rusby, Maximo Park, Strike The Colours, too many to mention (that's not a band) ....
Films
Shaun of the Dead, Dog Soldiers, Deathwatch, Romeo and Juliet, Titus, 28 Days Later, Hallam Foe, Flashbacks of a Fool
Scared Of
people
Happiest When
reading, sniffing books in bookshops.

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  • Castles, Kilts and Robbie Burns's Writing Desk

    Me blogging at The Literary Den again today. Castles, Kilts and Robbie Burns's Writing Desk

    http://literaryden.wordpress.com/200...

    Also, while you are there, you can click on the pic of me at the right hand side to see past blogs I've done at The Den.

    Thanks

    Xx

    2 Comments 11 days

  • The New Edinburgh Bookshop - My Book?

    The new Edinburgh Bookshop is opening really soon and is asking for suggestions for its opening stock. Book titles and authors can be left as comments on the blog, so if you like my book at all, or any of my writing, or just like me a little bit, please suggest my book, Despite Losing it on Finkle Street, as a stock item, it would be brilliant to see my book stocked in what looks like it's going to be a great new independent bookshop. You can leave suggestions at

    http://www.fidrabooks.co.uk/blog/?p=496

    thanks x

    0 Comments 118 days

  • Driving Barefoot Short Listed in The Ted Walters Contest

    First of all, looking at this and my last post, it does seem as if I write a lot of short fiction with the word ‘barefoot’ in the title. I don’t. Only these two in fact. It just so happens that these two stories, Driving Barefoot and Barefoot Love, have both been placed in contests. Maybe I should write more stories using the word ‘barefoot’, maybe there’s something in it…

    But more interesting than all that is my invitation to this one, The Ted Walters Contest in Liverpool. The ten finalists are invited to read for five minutes each at the prize giving evening in October. I haven’t decided yet, whether to go. One thing on the invitation that might just sway me is the times the event will be held at. 8pm till 2am! That’s some literary event! 2am!

    So that’s how they do literary readings in Liverpool then.


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    1 Comment 124 days

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What type of person do you attract?

My result is: You attract rednecks!

Maybe it's that Nascar T-shirt, the scent of diesel fuel on you, the grease under your fingernails - you attract rednecks. If you enjoy listening to Skynard CD's on infinite repeat, lots of mullet-wearing freinds, air-guitar, giving/taking the occasional beating, and watching a lot of wrestling on TV, then you are all set. If you are looking for depth and less drama, you definitely need to change something - and soon.
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  • Scurge
    Scurge

    I've decided to give it another chance

    3 weeks ago
  • Lipstick Royalty Magazine
    luv Lipstick Royalty Magazine

    Thank you so much! (:

    LoveLoveLove

    Amy & the team x

    13 weeks ago
  • Evaa
    luv Evaa

    HELLO SAM :D

    Re-opens this Monday! (Monday, Monday, Monday.. . . .)

    With HOTTEST LIBRARIANS (woah yeaahh)

    :D

    Toodle pip :D

    From
    Fiestaa

    18 weeks ago
  • Mark Dixon
    Mark Dixon

    Thanks for the add Sam, nice to meet you, Mark

    20 weeks ago
  • ºluciee.
    ºluciee.

    haha!
    i also liked the bit where she first goes into the other world & she meets all of the toys in her bedroom, it's amazingly cool! especially the skeleton turtle :D

    you to!
    x

    24 weeks ago
  • ºluciee.
    ºluciee.

    well i'd alreadч seen it before, but it was so good i wanted to see it again :L i loved how the story was presented & mч favourite bit was the bit where theч went into the garden, i thought it looked amazinglч cool :P what was чour fave bit? x

    24 weeks ago
  • ºluciee.
    ºluciee.

    i was going too, but i thought you would think.. "who on earth is that" :L
    so did i! i was in the screen that was right at the end.. :)

    25 weeks ago
  • Victory.
    Victory.

    Hey cool writer person!
    Ooh that sounds a bit weird!
    Anywaay I'm going to go check out some of the writing groups, First the literary den, As people have told me you are indeed the editor!
    To the Internet!!
    bye!!

    26 weeks ago