Choices, Choices
In which I muse and meander on the strange task that is being a parent, GCSEs and all things connected. Thus, cut to save those of you not interested in such waffle.
Category Archives: General
It’s a bit dusty in here…
Thought I’d blow some of the dust off the blog. I’ve been busy, lately. What with learning the ropes of a new job and generally keeping myself occupied with real life, I’ve made a discovery. Life, when there are no immediate problems to vent about, is the most boring thing in the world to blog […]
Well, miserable, actually. To be completely specific, Les Misérables. Some background. I can remember the day that LesMis upped sticks from the Barbican and moved into the Palace Theatre. I had only recently become a Bit of a Fan (understatement) of West End musicals and it intrigued me. I was… I think, about fifteen at the time. I […]
Housekeeping
End of the year hard drive clean-up and I found this, written idly whilst doing Not Very Much At All. Now I want to carry on writing it.
Dear Mum (2012 Remix)
Dear Mum That time of year again. Seems to come around so fast these days. I suppose it’s true what they say; that as you get older, things seem to go by so much more quickly. 2012 hasn’t been quite so hectic as 2011, but no less fun and interesting for all that. The biggest […]
A Rose By Any Other Name
At the BL Weekender event, I was having a chat with someone. The conversation was nice and lively; we were talking about how hard it can be to be a new author in an established tie-in field and as the conversation progressed, the inevitable question came up. ‘Did you ever think about using a male […]
That Was the Weekender That Was…
So… just back from the inaugural Black Library Weekender event – and it was so much fun. Of course, I have returned home with ConLurgy, although Dearly Beloved is referring to it as the ‘Maidstone Lurgy’ as I think I may have picked it up from the gloriously wonderful Nik Vincent-Abnett whilst I was there. […]
Could You Say That Again?
Before I explain the title of this blog post, here’s a very nice review of the ‘Tales of the Nun and Dragon’ anthology. Proving to be a popular little collection, this one! So… could you say that again? What’s that about, then? Well, it’s about one of my favourite things. Misheard lyrics. It comes about […]
Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
I’ve always liked autumn. It makes me think of my mother. My mother used to create oil paintings. Almost invariably, they were scenes of mountains, rivers and trees. Mum liked these things and she enjoyed putting them onto canvas. It was always a scene of a river leading off into a lake with a mountain […]
New Beginnings
It’s comin’ on the end of August Another summer’s promise almost gone And though I heard some wise man say That every dog will have his day He never mentioned that these dog days get so long… (The song, by the way, is ‘Waiting in the Weeds’ from the ‘Long Road Out of Eden’ album. […]
