On Friday evening I was fussing my much loved springer spaniel Bob, when I found a very pronounced lump under her ear. She has those floppy hang down and get in your dinner ears. I was fussing her and rubbing her around her ears when I spotted it. Now it’s not just a small pea […]
Published on Ether Books
I have recently had some of my short stories published by Ether Books Ether books is a free to download iphone/ipod touch and ipad app from the app store. It is full of short stories from already established authors and as they put it, “Up and coming authors” It’s simple to download onto your phone/pad or […]
Fun Writing Prompts
I was listening to the the Scott Mills Show on Radio 1 on the way home from work this afternoon and the presenters were playing this random game of choosing album names for a pretend band you would form. It was mildly amusing, but then it became genius. I listened to the names that were […]
Big City Vibe
This weekend I visited London with my husband and youngest child. The reason for this visit was my little boys seventh birthday. When asked whether he wanted a party in one of these organised play centres or a trip to London to see the Natural History Museum, he chose the museum. I booked a cheap […]
Losing Written Documents
For some reason I quite like writing short pieces on a document app on my iPhone, be they blog posts, short fiction or chapters for my novel. This probably works for me as I tend to get ideas just as I’m about to go to sleep which ends in me sitting bolt upright and switching […]
New Connections
This blog post is part of a blog fest created by Patti Larson over at her blog here Details are also posted on the Facebook group “Fellow Writers”. I thought I would take part and see what happens. Its my first blog fest so I’m not sure if I’m doing it right, but I’m sure […]
Perception of Beauty
Over the Christmas period my little boy has been ill with chicken pox. He started being unwell with a temperature on Christmas day, continuing into Boxing day, with the spots breaking out, the day after Boxing day. From then on, he was, as were we, confined to house. He was great about it. He didn’t […]
Writing; Fun or Dedication
Ive been reading blogs, facebook groups, twitter comments and writing magazines and there seems to be a lot of words bandied about like, determination and dedication, in relation to writing, with suggestions that we should be writing every day without fail, making ourselves sit down and write even when we don’t want to or are […]
11 Things I will do in 2011
The end of 2010 is upon us and in a few short hours we will be stepping into 2011. It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for my family and I this year on a personal level, but it’s also been a positive year for my own personal goals. I’ve completed and passed a […]
iPad and Relationships
You may think it a strange combination to link an iPad received as a christmas present with a relationship, but for me it’s perfectly logical. Let me explain. My other half loves me to bits and I know this. Christmas day I knew this when he handed me a shiny new iPad for my gift. […]