April 2022 – Words Worth Writing

29 April 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 22 April

Chapter 16: Week commencing Friday 22 April Friday Another 3 books came in overnight from NetGalley, so I added those to the project. As of this morning, that’s 218… I finished re-reading Two For The Dough by Janet Evanovich (for pleasure), started the next one, The Stories of my Life by James Patterson (for NetGalley), and updated the reading log spreadsheet...

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28 April 2022

The portable garden this week: 28 April 2022

Note: If any of the pictures are too small on your hand-held device, try turning the device on its side. It was a shorter weekend just gone, 2 days instead of 4, and we spent one of them down in the midlands. The weather was dry, but not as nice as it has been recently. Following the long drive on...

The Portable Garden

25 April 2022

Publishing Challenge! Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Short. Around the Maypole is a story I wrote but didn’t send anywhere. I published it myself in Twee Tales Too and it’s since been published in Twee Tales More. You can find all of my books on the BUY MY BOOKS tab on the blog, or you can go to...

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22 April 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 15 April

Chapter 15: Week commencing Friday 15 April Friday It was Good Friday on Friday and, because I’d done all of my work, for the first time in ages I had the entire 4-day weekend ahead off. We pottered in the garden, did the shopping, visited family, and said Happy Birthday to the dog. The Weekend On Saturday, we went to...

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21 April 2022

The portable garden this week: 21 April 2022

Note: If any of the pictures are too small on your hand-held device, try turning the device on its side. Several ducks lined up in a row this week: I finished all of my work so could take the weekend off It was a 4-day bank holiday weekend The weather was nice, for a change This meant we were able...

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19 April 2022

Publication Day Yesterday! (Again!)

Due to the long weekend, and due to me actually being able to take the long weekend off, yesterday’s publishing challenge post has been postponed. However, the short story A Stranger at Eight was published yesterday. This is a story I wrote a very long time ago and it was accepted by Chat magazine – that’s how long ago it was. It’s...

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15 April 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 1 April & Fri 8 April

Chapter 14: Week commencing Friday 1 April & Friday 8 April Friday (1 April) I remembered to come in and start the post on Friday this week, instead of try to remember it all the following Wednesday or Thursday. Even then it took me a while to get here as the day was set with problems, it seems, and none...

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14 April 2022

The portable garden this week: 14 April 2022

The weekend just gone was all about getting things ready. It’s a big, open, boring garden that’s covered with gravel and flanked by hedges. There’s a massive garage at one end, and the house at the other, both painted white. The gravel was poorly applied before our time. There’s no liner underneath it to help prevent the weeds from coming...

The Portable Garden

11 April 2022

Two publication days!

Due to last week’s hospital stay, I didn’t get around to writing up the latest publishing challenge post. That doesn’t mean I missed the challenge. Thanks to technology and being able to load several books in one go. I still managed to publish a book last week and this week. Last Monday, It Wasn’t Me – a Wordsworth Short was published...

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10 April 2022

The portable garden

We’ve been at this house for almost 2 years and we’ve yet to do anything with the garden. This is for 2 reasons: We didn’t know how long we’d be staying here It’s not really a very nice garden We did get a quote to make it nice, for us, but that came back at around the £2,250-mark, just for...

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9 April 2022

I went AWOL…

We thought it was trapped wind, but as the pain got steadily worse I realised I needed to go to hospital. When I got there, they diagnosed pancreatitis, and they kept me there. I went in on Sunday afternoon, was on the ward by 11pm, and on a drip for the next 2 days. It was only because I nagged...

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1 April 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 25 Mar

Chapter 13: Week commencing Friday 25 March Friday For all of Friday I was editing. Hard-copy editing for the Yorkshire editing/proofreading/writing client. There was nothing else on my planner. Just editing. I did actually do some other work, but it was gig list and band admin for Diane’s Gig List and for Monkey Dust. I also pitched 3 story ideas to...

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