Well, it’s been a very eventful week. On Tuesday the unthinkable happened…. My computer got poorly, and I don’t just mean a cold. We are talking, full on man flu!!!! I’d just finished writing the start of chapter eleven in Ethereal Longing. It’s a chapter I’d been planning for ages. I got it just right.… Continue reading Out With The Old, In With The NaNoWriMo
Society has forced body image down your throat, so blindly, it doesn’t realise it’s choking you. For some reason, you’re convinced the scales in the bathroom, and the game of golf have the same rules applied. The number slowly lessens, excitement hits the back of your throat. You feel it bubble down into your stomach.… Continue reading Body Image
Last week was an important week for me. My eldest daughter turned eighteen. Needless to say this makes me feel extremely old. It also makes it hard for me to continue saying I’m only twenty-nine, which I’m not best pleased about but since the moment was inevitable I decided to enjoy it. A evening out… Continue reading Keep Up Kids
Anyone who lives in England will know we are currently waiting for summer to arrive. We have had nearly a full week of constant rain where I live and it doesn’t seem to want to stop. To some people this is merely annoying but for a few on our Street it brings fear. As the… Continue reading Fortunate Floods.
Do you ever wonder what you would do if you thought you had an intruder in your house? I saw a picture on Facebook the other day that reminded me of an incident we had last year. The picture read… Dear paranoid people who check behind the shower curtain for murderer’s… If you find one…… Continue reading Burglars Beware
Before you see this title and think I’m just ranting like yesterday please let me clarify I’m not. I did not misspell wait… I actually meant weight. This is something I’ve struggled with all my life, I’m what you call a yo-yo dieter. For years, I’ve argued with the scales about what figure they give… Continue reading The Weight.
Okay, I hate waiting. I’ve officially decided that I suck at it. I submitted my manuscript one week ago and already the waiting is driving me nuts. The publisher I’ve sent it to say there is a three to five week wait. Which I’m well aware is a very good time span. But let’s be… Continue reading The Waiting Game
Don’t you hate it when you’ve struggled all evening to find the right words. Your desperate to carry on with you story but no matter what you put it doesn’t sound right. Then all of a sudden inspiration hits. The muse returns and you know exactly what you want to say. The words flow, your… Continue reading I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
After weeks of editing, Â and ignoring my poor blog, “Ethereal Lives” has finally been sent to a publisher. I don’t mind admitting that I thought this day would never come. As my beta readers spotted plot hole after plot hole in my work. All things got forgotten as I tried desperately to fill in the… Continue reading Tick Tock
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