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Just finished the second book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series. It was excellent. Imagine me kowtowing to her in adulation. I haven’t felt that rush, that thrill that keeps me reading through the night, since The Golden Compass. I […]

(note: I have never headlined my blogs with the words “writing tip”. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do however. Actually, I was waiting for my website imp to do a re-design on the website, including a systematic way of […]

Just got back from a wedding. Hmmm. What can one say about weddings? This one was not as long as others I have been to. In fact, immediately after the ceremony most of the wedding party (except for the bride […]

Sons of Avarice live I think the two main characters of my WIP would be listening to this fine band non-stop. //////////////////////////////////////

Just finishing up the last bit of revision on my current manuscript. Yeah, I thought I was done even though I had a niggling suspicion that something wasn’t quite right. Then thankfully, a couple of people pointed this out to […]

I’ve picked back up on something I was working on a couple of years ago. It’s very personal, and it took about thirteen years of mucking around to even figure out how to tell the story. I needed to get […]

I’m a huge fan of the crow family. Well, Jays, not so much, having been attacked by a vigilant mother jay when I was young and only trying to return her baby to its nest. However I can, now being […]

Great article about this from the Guardian Book Blog by way of Jen Robinson’s Growing Bookworms Newsletter. Thanks Jen! I for one am often uncomfortable reading some of the oldies and goodies precisely for this reason, but I agree with […]

Yesterday was the perfect day to curl up in an armchair with my knitting close at hand (but not actually doing any, you understand) and watch one of my favorite movies for the hundredth time. It’s also one of my […]

Did I once say that the poison ivy plant is quite pretty with its glossy red daintily serrated leaves and graceful vines? Well I take it back. It is an awful insidious sprout and I have vowed to expunge it […]