Adulting is not what I thought it would be. I’ve been mis-sold. Remember when you were a kid, and you couldn’t wait be a grown up? When it seemed like grown-ups got to make all the rules, eat whatever they wanted, do all the cool stuff, and stay up late reading any time they felt…
just for fun
The Liebster Award – Writing, Invisibility, and Plant Murder
Hello wonderful people! I have big news this week. It seems that another wonderful person – Lynda, of Easy Reader Editing – has nominated me for a Liebster Award. Me, not the Little Furry Muse! (Although obviously she still takes full credit for any award-worthy material produced. Where is one without one’s muse? Certainly not…
Book Recommendations & Terry Pratchett
In which I admit (once again) just how terrible I am at making book recommendations, and apologise to my lovely friend Lynda (whose blog you should really check out for lovely humour and fab editing tips) for basically suggesting she start reading Terry Pratchett by choosing any book at random. I then attempt to refine…
7 Reasons Summer is a Problem (for Writers)
Spring has, apparently, sprung. This time last week we were emerging from what seemed like an eternity of unending rain (yes, I realise that it was unending only in the sense that we’re not used to it down here. When I used to live in the UK it would have just been a normal week…
The Trials & Tribulations of a Travelling Vegetarian
Look away now, meat lovers. Or don’t, and laugh at my discomfort instead. I’ve been vegetarian for somewhere over a decade now, and even before that never ate much meat. I was vegan for a year or so, but gave it up because it was so hard to eat out or to go to friends’…