In my last post I wrote about the horror of the Blank Page. Today, in honour of NaNoWriMo, I’m sharing a few things I’ve found useful in overcoming it: Set yourself up to work. In other words ‘go through the motions’ – literally – even if… Read More
This post is almost TOO topical, because: It’s nearly Hallowe’en and also nearly NaNoWriMo. I am starting a new book right now and it’s TERRIFYING. I have an idea that I’m really excited about, I know more or less what’s going to happen and who… Read More
Hello! I’m back. I didn’t fall off a cliff in Japan (although we were in an earthquake. A fairly big one, 6 on the Richter scale I think, but because their earthquake-proofing is so good we were totally fine. We were so busy browsing in… Read More
I’m heading to Japan!! Currently turning this … Into this. We are planning to go to Tokyo, Kyoto, Naoshima (above, an island full of art museums that was also the setting for a James Bond novel!), and Kanazawa (an ‘undiscovered’ Kyoto, below!) Then we go to… Read More
GIRLS ON TOUR came out yesterday!!!! After 9 months of little ebook scans, the entire bouncing baby book was published yesterday in paperback and in ebook. It’s got all 5 novellas and EXTRA STUFF – short chapters between each novella, and an epilogue; an extra… Read More
Announcement: THE GIRLS TAKE MANHATTAN, final part of GIRLS ON TOUR, IS OUT TODAY!! Klaxon! You can download it here. I feel like I say this every time but this really is my favourite novella of the GIRLS ON TOUR series. It brings all the girls together for a final… Read More
Just a few more bitty things to mention … And by the way, I haven’t mentioned everything. Like: the little place name things above? My colleague Christine designed and printed those and I think I folded them while watching Gossip Girl. Random little things that you… Read More
Ahhhh, wedding dress shopping. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The best of times because if you like clothes at all, and I do, a wedding is the ultimate dress-up opportunity. It was the worst of times because I… Read More
Flowers It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you prefix anything with ‘wedding’ it becomes twice as expensive. I don’t think this is totally unreasonable. If you’re making a dress or catering an event, the stakes are probably much higher if a wedding is involved. But… Read More
So, nearly 2 years after getting married, I’ve finally got round to blogging about our wedding planning. Maybe it was because we did it all in four months, but we found wedding planning … stressful. Sure, some of it is fun. I LOVED my hen nights –… Read More
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