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New Year Musings

It’s all over. Both the year and my book. Completing the book has been my biggest achievement and one I didn’t expect to happen. When I looked back at my New Years postfrom January 2015, I was surprised to find… Continue Reading →

I Bought the Final Discworld Novel

Well, I had to didn’t I? The final Discworld novel. After this, there will be no more. I knew this day would come eventually, but it shouldn’t have come so damn soon. I’ve started reading it and it’s just as… Continue Reading →

It’s Finished! Sort of.

After many machinations, alterations, deletions, frustrations and other things ending with -tion I have finally finished The Book. I have bits of this book on my computer that date back to 2011 – yikes! All 29 chapters now stand before… Continue Reading →

Wordy Gifts

If you need some inspiration for gifts of a ‘wordy’ kind, then let me help with these lovely things I got for my birthday. First up, two lovely new notebooks for my collection. I like the clouds that appears on… Continue Reading →

When was the Last Time you Backed-up your Work?

Conversation between my boyfriend and I: ‘Have you backed up your writing recently?’ ‘No actually. Very sweet of you to remind me.’ ‘Well, I just don’t fancy dealing with you if you lost it.’ Er, thanks. But seriously, backing up… Continue Reading →

5 Ways To Wordsmith Your Writing

If there’s one thing I like, one thing I really get a buzz from about writing, it’s editing. That’s not to say I don’t find it painfully hard at times, But ‘smithing’ my text until I have the perfect sentence… Continue Reading →

How to Earn 700 a Week Self-Publishing! 700 Simoleons that is.

If you don’t know what I’m going on about, let me explain. Simoleons are the currency used in The Sims games, the most recent version being Sims 4. My OH and I have been playing these games since it’s second… Continue Reading →

Where’s this jacket from? The V&A of course!

Apparently you can buy fancy jackets for books. I did not know this until I spotted this little chap in a charity shop. For the princely sum of £2 I got a snazzy new jacket for one of my books…. Continue Reading →

Measuring Progress

1st October. In a few weeks time summer time ends, nights draw in and we’ll start talking in cliches about bonfires, crisp mornings and crackling log fires. My new years resolution was to complete the second edit of my WiP…. Continue Reading →

To Write or not to Write (whilst lazing in a hammock)

I’m off on holiday next week (yay) and I’ll be taking a notebook with me (from my extensive collection) with the intention of writing whilst I’m out there. I’ve done this every single holiday my boyfriend and I have taken… Continue Reading →

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