Author to create community books

continued/ ....cyber bullying and other such nasty activities. On the other hand I support wholeheartedly young Gemmas efforts in her Vintage Clothing business.

"Am I alone in this?"
No, not really Andrew, but there will not be many who agree with you.
The fact is that everywhere you look nowadays, people want something for nothing.
Whether it be a "community interest company", a euphemism for anticipated failure, "grant funding", which many people believe grows on a money tree in Brussels or in a back office of the National Lottery, or worst of all to "raise awareness".
It is all part of the general dumbing down of society.
I see Mr Bell, a local author and publisher at Beachy Books, is offering unique training opportunities in Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and other social media.
That just about says it all. WHY would anyone want training in the use of such things, which have proved to be a hotbed of cy

I have heard Islanders saying that they want a lot of things from the Council such as decent public services, polite staff, repairs carried out within a century, etc. But I have never once heard anyone say that we needed more authors writing community books at public expense. Am I alone in this?

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