Despite the freezing weather, January is bringing some unexpected reasons to be cheerful. One of these is that A Fork Less Ordinary is going to be read out by my sister at the first 2009 meeting of of her local W.I. so I may not be published but I am to be performed! I hope … Continue reading Family Fortunes
I’m grateful (as I often am) to Jane Smith of How Publishing Really Works for reminding me in a recent post that there are no rules about the process of writing. We all have to find out what works for us. I often feel frustrated on hearing about authors who sit down and write a novel ‘in … Continue reading Once more with feeling
… Christmas and New Year always feels just a bit unreal. For most people (excepting DS who wil be hard at it tomorrow again) there’s no work of the paid variety, and when Christmas is past, we’re on holiday on the domestic front too, unless you count opening the fridge and choosing between ham, cheese or turkey, any … Continue reading The time between
Since WordPress recently added a ‘poll’ feature to its blogging software, I briefly considered rerunning the vote for last night’s Strictly semifinal here, thereby discounting the Beeb’s mealy mouthed decision to keep in the admittedly delicious but off-form Tom Chambers. However, to try the thing out, I’m doing a different one (if I can get it to work). … Continue reading Strictly – let bloggers decide!
Despite last week’s bad mood, I thoroughly enjoyed an hour or two of glitz and glamour (if not actual stardom) when the East Bristol Chorus took to the stage for our Christmas Concert. As far as I know it didn’t even make the local press, so here’s an impressionistic view of the proceedings at Emersons Green Village Hall as we … Continue reading Last choir standing
