I’m All Packed (well…mostly)

Spent all day packing, making a mess of the car (I swear it looks worse now than it did before we started cleaning it), working out ways to protect the luggage from the dogs' attention, calculating the quantity of water needed for three people and two dogs, the ratio between chilled and frozen, so that …

PANDAS On a Slide/So Pandorable via fuonlyknew.wordpress.com

I just couldn't keep this to  myself. Thank you, Laura, for putting it up in the first place : ) PANDAS On a Slide/So Pandorable.

Career Reassessment – The One Week Writer

(From my archives) Day 1 I like books. Yesterday I went out and got myself a diary, new pens (various colours) and an adequate supply of chocolate. The plan is that today I begin my great writing experience. I've decided I'm going to be a writer. I am determined to write the next Great British …

Writers and Writing

Sunday, ahh, a day to relax. So I can think of nothing better than sitting down with a book of quotations on my lap and a glass of something cool and refreshing, garnished with a slice of lemon. I've found a couple of quotations that amuse me. Here they are. In America only the successful …

Spy Story Fail

Lucky you - today I am going to treat you to another piece of cringe-worthy writing, part of a YA spy story that is so bad, I didn't even bother finding it a name. In this section, the local louts have set up James, a fifteen year old boy on holiday in Cornwall, and he …

Kit

I just wanted you to meet him - my sweet, uncoordinated puppy who scares my grown-up collie out of his wits. Here's Kit. When he learns to stand still for more than a split second, I'll get a better picture.

Farewell, Good Friend

Bailey was a Bernese Mountain Dog. Born in September 2007, he came from a pure pedigree line of show-winners. We'd met his dad a year before, when we first started investigating Bernese dogs. He was a handsome, imposing character. As was his son. I remember very clearly the five-hour drive to bring Bailey home. We'd …

British Telecom, I Love You!

Guys, my internet is down (3-4 working days says BT) I'm so sorry. Internet withdrawal symptoms are hitting darn hard 😦 I've sneaked in on a hotspot, on an ancient machine that can't keep up with my typing speed. As soon as I can, I'll tell you the whole sorry story British Telecom, if you …

First 5 Chapters – volume III – Free to Download

Free on LULU Download for free and read the first five chapters of six different books Volume III http://www.lulu.com/shop/patti-roberts-and-lenore-wolfe-and-shalini-boland-and-julia-crane/first-5-chapters-vol-3/ebook/product-20081126.html HIDDEN - (MARCHWOOD VAMPIRE SERIES BOOK 1) - by Shalini Boland COEXIST - (KEEGAN'S CHRONICLES BOOK 1) - by Julia Crane HUNTING - by S.M. Hineline PROGENY OF INNOCENCE (BOOK 2 OF THE PARADOX SERIES) - …

First 5 Chapters – volume II – Free to Download

Free on LULU   Download for free and read the first five chapters of six different books.   Volume II   http://www.lulu.com/shop/collette-scott-and-emerald-barnes-and-belinda-g-buchanan-and-lorhainne-eckhart/first-5-chapters-vol-2/ebook/product-20075194.html   PIERCING THROUGH THE DARKNESS - by Emerald Barnes AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE - by Belinda G. Buchanan THE FORGOTTEN CHILD - by Lorhainne Eckhart THE ROYAL SHEIKH - by Katheryn Lane RUPTURED …