Don’t Do That! – Five for Friday

I’m running so late today. It’s been a frantic week as we’ve had builders working on the house. ‘The noisy one’, was sent home from school with chronic earache and ‘The bitey one’, is teething and as a result, extra bitey. He has also become a fan of early wake up calls, the most recent being

Five for Friday – Things I’ve learned so far!

Nope I haven’t left the country, fell down a well or been eaten by cats. I’m doing NaNoWriMo and am sooo behind I’ve taken to drinking more wine and walking round graveyards to prove to myself that things could be worse. The first week was fantastic, I was full of energy and enthusiasm and flew

I don’t like Coffee!!!

Well, actually I don’t mind it every now and then. But a good cup of tea is the way to go, for me. You have to make it right though, ‘as it comes’ is definitely not an option! I like mine milky, but not anaemic, dark enough to tell its tea but if you’ve hit

10 Things I haven’t done yet!

As part of the “Writing 101” course, we’ve been asked to write a list. So here’s my list (by no means complete), of things I haven’t done yet 🙂 Image courtesy of Photl.com Stuff chocolate cake in my mouth and then smile at a stranger. Finish my book. (Or, in fact, any project that I

How do you do it?

With pen and paper? Straight to screen? With a sparkler…or perhaps an Enigma machine for the extremely paranoid? Each writer has their own preferred method of working. Stephen King writes longhand onto yellow legal pads. J K Rowling writes longhand then transfers it to screen – editing as she goes. George R. R. Martin writes

This is me!

The children are all napping, so I have a few rare moments to complete my first assignment for “blogging 101” without something being thrown at my head. I am a mum of three boys, one of which only has two speeds, ninety miles an hour and stop. Most of my days are spent referreeing, playing superheroes