Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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8. Whit dae Ah no leave hame wi'out?
No sure Ah get the question, tae be honest like. The ain't hing Ah dinnae leave hame wi'out is ma claes!
Ah spose right the now Ah dinnae gaun naewhaur wi'out the keys tae the Porsche, bit could ye call the Porsche hame? Mebbes, Ah guess.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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7. Wan sound an wan smell in yer MC's worst nightmare.

Ah hink she's lived it, no jist dreamed it. The sound o a jakey shoutin pure radge, the reek o booze, fags an blude.
They are the hings as haunt her, she associates they an the song '18 and Life' wi the moment her life went tae utter shite.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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Ah've said it afore, Keri lives richt in the now. Thegither wi her puir self control and pride, she gets hersel intae loads o bother.
She disnae believe she deserves tae be happy in her hairt, and she's gey, gey guid at self sabotage....

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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12. Material possessions
In a wird, naw. She lives in the now an disnae hae twa beans tae rub thegither.
Tae Keri, the car isnae a possession, it's a pairt o Janis Joplin's spirit an it his a need tae drive.
Syne we're here, the car boot is, a bitty surprisinly, fu o Janis's stuff. Maistly claes, bit there's a mysterious medicine box in there an aw..

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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In Keri is saying:
I haven't seen my mum for years, she doesn't talk to me anymore. My Aunt was the person I kept in touch with.
Why? I'm a bit of a mess is why, but she's a bit dishonest too. We fell out after what happened to Ricky. She blamed me.
My Dad passed away a few years ago. He was no better than my ex, just ahead ov him. He drank himself to death.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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11.
Ma parents?
Ah havnae seen ma Ma fir years, she disnae talk tae me ony mair. Ma aunt wis the wan Ah kept in touch wi. How? Ah'm a bit ov a fuck up is how, bit she's a bit dishonest tae - we fell out efter whit happened tae Ricky. She blamed us.
Ma Da passed a few year ago. He wis nae better as that prick Ah left, jist aheid ov him. Drank hissel tae death.


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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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Is yer MC responsible fir sombdy else?
No really, though she's responsible fir Ami's safety when drivin.
She's nivver had weans, an his jist left a jakey partner.
She dis feel a muckle responsibility fir the safety o the Car.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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In

Keri disnae hae a true hame, an is steyin wi Ami afore the stert o the story. She is restless an rootless.
If she heard the word 'hame', she'd no care oan the outside, but inside, she'd be sick fir it.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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In .
The radio is ay oan in the Car, apart frae when the lassies are sleepin or Ami is phonin intae the Rock Radio station.
Maistly it's Rock or metal playin, bit also a wee bitty jazz. A load o it is 90's music, but also loads o o 60's Rock, especially Janis.
The lassies banter a fair amount, but the ither sound is the Polis ahint them.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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In

Syne she's the narrator an it's nivver come up, I dinna ken whit colour her een ur!
She's bottle blonde, but hasnae said whit her ane colour is.
At a guess, They will be blue or brown, bit Ah honestly dinnae hae a clue 🤷‍♀️
First buddy narrator issues.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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5. Dis yer antagonist hae ony moral boundaries they willnae cross?

Ma main antagonists ur, no surprisnly, Polis. Dae they hae moral boundaries? They're meant tae.
Ma ither antagonist is cried Louis Cyphre. If you ken that name, then ye ken he believes gie strang in deals an contracts...

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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3. Dis yer MC hae ony tattoos, scaurs or distinguishin merks?
Aw Keri's scaurs are oan the inside, an she keeps them hid. She's had a hard life, but she's goat smeddum an disnae show weakness, so you mebbe widnae ken oan the outside at aw.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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2. How much did ye ken about yer MC afore ye stairtit scrievin yer first draft?

I kenned next tae nocht about her life, or her past. Aw Ah kenned wis she luved the same music as me, an she wis wild eneuch tae lift Janis Joplin's Porsche frae the Rock n Roll Hall ov Fame.
Her story unfoldit tae me as her journey in the car went oan.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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Gaunae translat these intae Scots.

1. Whit dae ye hae in common wi ur MC?
Mah MC, Keri MacFarlane, is a Scots spikker like me, an she's a 90s lassie wha likes the same music as Ah dae, has had Martial Airts trainin like me, an Janis Joplin is her idol, like me...
She's also a jakey wi Rally drivin skills, which Ah am no!
Oh aye, an Ah hae nivver nicked a car...

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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Ah've twa projects oan the go now. ma novel, Pearls on the Road agin, makin it tidier an tichter. Hit's a about twa wimmin frae stealing 's Porsche frae the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
The ither project Ah'm workin oan is takin a story Ah abandoned a whiles back an giein it new life in . Set in a imaginary village by Newton Stewart in at the end o the '50s, it's the story o a lassie wha inherits a cursed house.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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Mair the day. Could mebbes finish the first draft, but Ah need a break.
Time fir lunch.

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Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
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Ah ken ah said ah wid post this efter week last nicht, but it clean slipped mah mind. Ah am typin it up in a bit, but here's a keek, if ye can read ma scrawl.
Yin day, Ah'll record masel playin it tae.

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