Alan Wearring-Smith
@AlanWearringS
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Husband | Father | Seeker of a Heavenly Kingdom | Writes fiction about moral dilemmas too | THOSE FINE MARGINS, A Novel, is now available on Substack
East Midlands, England
Joined January 2013
While borrowing is common, many underestimate the total volume of debt in the UK, and its devastating impact on mental health and living standards. Recent data from Citizens Advice indicates that approximately 4 million people in England and Wales live in households where monthly
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My writing journey began during a profound personal and professional crisis: bankruptcy. While I am certainly not the first to face such a fate, the scale of the issue is significant. According to UK Government data, there were 7,460 registered personal bankruptcies in 2025,
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Chapter Three of my novel, THOSE FINE MARGINS, is now free to read on Substack: Ridiculing Praise https://t.co/hhChkKxneU Please subscribe! The more subscribers and feedback I receive, the merrier!!!
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There's no better time for distraction than a good book. Here are my latest reads: Shuggie Bain 3/5 Shy Creatures 3/5 Station Eleven 3/5 Bear Grylls: Never Give Up 5/5 #booksiveread #booklover #goodbooks #iamreading #iamwriting
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Chapter Two of my novel, THOSE FINE MARGINS, is now free to read on Substack: Dinner Art https://t.co/TwskZTBotW Please subscribe! The more subscribers and feedback I receive the merrier!!!
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Chapter One of my novel, THOSE FINE MARGINS, is now free to read on Substack. https://t.co/OQPIi03DiL Please subscribe! The more subscribers and feedback I receive, the merrier!!!
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The prologue of my contemporary novel, THOSE FINE MARGINS, is now free to read at: https://t.co/IiiJhWvMAA While you're there, please subscribe and make a comment!
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Can you help with Creative and Critical Feedback on the pitch for my new novel? All thoughts and constructive comment welcome on my Substack page: https://t.co/CcBDASGdF9
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Today, February 11th, was my grandmother's birthday, and - as she told it - signifies the start of a beautiful coincidence: teatime creeping into daylight, a poignant reminder of the brighter days ahead.
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Forget the quagmire of recent royal and political scandals, my latest book ratings are in: One Day 4/5 Piranesi 3/5 Queenie 4/5 Rebecca 5/5 #booksiveread #booklover #goodbooks #iamreading #iamwriting
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A real mix bag of likes and dislikes for the New Year: No One is Talking About This 1/5 Normal People 4/5 Olive Kitteridge 3/5 On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 2/5 #booksiveread #booklover #goodbooks #iamreading #iamwriting
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We've already got 25 mins more of daylight than we did a month ago. But this time next month we'll have 1hr 35mins more than today. By mid-March there's three and a half hours more daylight than today. People really love talking about daylight in January. So British!
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Not my favourite selection of books to end the New Year: I Am Not Your Baby Mother 3/5 Kick the Latch 2/5 Lanny 2/5 Matrix 2/5 #booksiveread #booklover #goodbooks #iamreading #iamwriting
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A new top mark amongst other reads: Detransition, Baby 3/5 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine 5/5 Girl A 4/5 Great Circle 4/5 #booksiveread #booklover #goodbooks #iamreading #iamwriting
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Draw something. Sew something. Cook something. Sing something. Build something. Make something. BUY NOTHING. #BuyNothingDay
#BlackFriday
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