The other day, I happened to be feeling rather grateful to the wonderful Bill Bryson. Well, I’ve always felt quite grateful to him actually. As the incredibly talented, witty, top-notch, best-selling author actually WROTE to me when I lived in Africa. In fact – the rather lovely fella has actually sent me TWO letters. It’s […]
The Book Has Left The Building…
It’s finally up there for people to buy. My first fiction book. You can find it on Amazon here. I allowed myself a small, self-indulgent moment when the first dribblings of tweets and publicity trails arrived. I felt good about the fact that I’m honestly not out to make money from this book. It’s always […]
A Flat Head? EJ Howard, writing and the waterways…
One of our local librarians managed to push aside the fear of her own redundancy in order to try and engage with me. There I was. Wild eyed and raddled mother of second, newborn baby. Desperate for something both entertaining and intelligent to get me through the wee small hours of brain and boobie-overdrive boredom… […]
The Man Wants The Tan….
and the teeth…and tiny waist/long legs/big boobs. The airbrushed image of unachievable, to-die for (literally) female perfection (well – its still THIS century’s fad. Who knows what hoops we will be expected to jump through in 2050?) A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Called ‘One Day I May Choose To Have Children And They […]
Gnomes, Thongs and The Needy
People have always misused charitable concerns for their own ends. And sadly, some charities themselves have often not been the best adverts for an ethical and a sensible approach to raising money for causes. But most recently, things seem to have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. Readers of this blog will know that […]
Fancy More Than One Wife?
Readers of this little blog will no doubt have clocked my feminist credentials by now. So it might surprise you (if you haven’t yet gotten a whiff of my upbringing, my background) for me to be urging readers to have a nosey at this wee article. In essence, this is all about The Joys of […]