: About Me

Hello. My name is Briar and I am currently living in Wales. I make beautiful rugs on a peg loom from fleeces I buy from my neighbours.

Before that, for nearly 20 years, I lived in a beautiful cottage on a country estate, with no electricity. Our water came from a spring at the back of the house. There was no road access. I raised 3 children, grew alot of my own food and got an Open University degree while I was there. I never paid any rent and so I had to leave when they decided to turn it into a holiday cottage.

I'm in a folk band. I sing, play whistles, guitar, mandolin and fiddle.

I've usually done creative writing in the past, stories and poetry. I've been working sporadically on a book for about 3 years now.

I'm really enjoying helium because I read like a maniac and now I can make some use of it.

My passion is ...

playing music

I know too much about ...

the fickleness of fortune

My parents always told me ...

That I'd never amount to anything -but they were wrong.

My childhood ambition ...

I always wanted to sing in a band -I am.

My favorite memory ...

Galloping about bareback on a shetland pony.

Why I write ...

I love words. I love learning.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading philosophy and modern physics just now. Bees and trees. Science fiction

My first job ...

Mucking out horses

My best moment ...

On stage. 200 drunk people roaring, laughing, Gradually falling silent as I sing and their wondering faces turned towards me.

My inspiration ...

All the gaps in my knowledge that I want to fill

Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to write an argumentative paper

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To write an argumentative paper you first need to have an opinion about the subject matter, which means a certain amount of reading. I'm going to outline 2 methods for getting good grades on this kind of paper. The first I will call the Optimum or 'How to annoy your friends by being perfect'. The second I will call the Economy or 'Pulling off something worthwhile in the minimum amount of time'. I shall say this again later because it is the most important thing: Get your structure right and you won't go too far wrong. The structure is identical in both Optimum and Economy methods. Optimum ...

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