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Make Mine a Vodka

Woopdedoop, it’s Friiiday!  Lots of uninterrupted writing and reading time.  If you’re stuck for a weekend read, why not try YA fantasy Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo (note – this is called the...

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Lights…

Dudes, Oscar frenzy begins.  It’s only five days until the glitz and glamour descend upon the Kodak theatre.  It’s only five days until my family and I can rip into the dresses, making comments like...

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Broken Bones

E.X.C.I.T.E.M.E.N.T That’s all I’m saying for now :D  Oh, and I get another tick for my Easter Bunny Challenge.  I’ve finished the latest redraft! (Photo credit: Camera Slayer) Goal for next week?...

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Pure Dead Mental

Amor deliria nervosa.  Love is a sickness. Source: http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/9593913-requiem After rescuing Julian from a death sentence, Lena and her friends fled to the Wilds. But the Wilds...

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Fearless

I hope no one fell for any dodgy April Fools.  I, personally, can’t be bothered with the whole thing.  Maybe because I’m rubbish at making up pranks (and I can never keep a straight face). It’s day 2...

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Top Ten-tastic

Tuesday!  And my first dip into the Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the lovely http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.co.uk/ This week’s topic is Top Ten Books You Read Before Becoming a Blogger.  So here they are...

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Mascara Disaster

*ALERT* I have TWO days off from Camp Nano to do life things (things that I guess normal people do all the time).  I’m going to enjoy them and NOT think about my WIP constantly, or wring my hands to...

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Chomp Chomp

BIG day.  I finished my first draft! Source: http://hoopthoughts.blogspot.co.uk/2012_12_01_archive.html Only problem is I’m 12k off my 100k Camp Nano goal. Doh! Thankfully I still have 12 days to sort...

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Floppy Bear

Sometimes one has an urge to eat cupcakes.  But more often than not, one has no urge to actually make the cupcakes.  Therefore one must call upon the Boyfriend, and hand him the recipe for knobbly...

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Auld Cynic

I’m back from my London jaunt, which was all very jolly.  Once I find my camera lead I’ll upload a few pics. But first: a review. Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than...

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Fire in the Disco

Finally, here are a few snaps from last week’s London trip.  Here’s the Globe, home to that rather successful playwright. Tower Bridge, taken from the Tower of London.  Despite the sky-high entrance...

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I Am Saaaiiling

The shortlist for the Scottish Children’s Book Award was announced earlier this week.  Naturally I had a peek and one of the YA nominees caught my eye. When Dylan emerges from the wreckage of a train...

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Ding Dong

Is it just me, or does that bell look like any of the following: Turnip Upside-down ice cream cone Madonna’s you-know-wotsit No?  Just me then.  Don’t be put off by the cover; here’s the synop: Sylas...

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Splish Splash Splosh

Neil Gaiman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)                   What. A. Dude. Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone,...

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Smart Cookies

I am loving the Edinburgh book festival – great atmosphere, good coffee, and comfy deckchairs (although my lower back might not thank me in the long run!)  If I had a library (and spare cash) I’d come...

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I’ve Been Such A Good Girl…

Merry Christmas!  Ok, so we’re still a couple of weeks off the Big Day, but I’m feeling particularly festive.  Today I attacked a large portion of my Christmas shopping list, and now my tree is looking...

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Castle

At last — my first book has successfully escaped my head and made it to the outside world. Bravo, book. Bravo! I LOVE the cover so much (designed by super-talented artist, Fiona Campbell); it’s sooo...

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Episode 3, Promo, and Impending Spaceships

Ola! (As it’s the last month of ‘summer’, I’m trying out my favourite exotic greetings.) I’m just back from a peaceful fortnight in the Hebrides, where we made it to a genuine Highland Games, and made...

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Protect Her

Gotta share something with y’all: my lovely CP’s first book, Protect Her, which you can buy on Amazonia right here. It’s a super spicy romance with fantasy and history thrown in for good measure (like,...

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Diaries Episode 4

The fourth episode of Diaries is now available for all email subscribers. (Not on the list? Sign up here.) In this month’s episode, George discovers the high life of lattes and biscotti, there’s a bit...

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