Month: September 2025

Wow. I thought August had gone fast, but September came along and said, ‘Hold my coat!’ The new schedule does seem to be working well, and I didn’t have half…

It’s publication day today for my collection of four short Tarot stories, The Four Aces. At last the system works and I just had to move everything down one in…

I’ve said it before, but Thursdays are always my most tired days, for some reason, and this week was no different. Really struggled to get up yesterday. I think we’re…

I had my latest dermatology appointment yesterday at 11am, which should have given us plenty of time to get there. But we both overslept. That’s what happens when we turn…

I’m still doing a lot of catching up from all that faffing last week with covers and illustrations and publications and so on. One day I may have all my…

Friday was mostly about getting the last 2 stories for the next bookazine proof-read and formatted. But before I could start on those, I had to write up, choose an…

It’s publication day today for my collection of ten short stories, Ten Short Stories: Wordsworth Shorts 31 – 40. This one took longer than expected to publish as I’m still…

So I got out of sync and missed a day, but thought it was fine. I had plenty of time to climb back on board before Friday…and then I ran…

I had a much better start to the day yesterday. I was up on time. I was at my desk on time. And I started to catch up on a…

Grand-doggy #1 came on Thursday evening for a visit. The plan, therefore, was to take him out every day for a walk. So far, he’s been out twice. The garden’s…

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh. This is my first introduction to Fiona…

I re-designated the flylady hour as the faff hour. I still have the housework and daily chores to do, but I wasn’t liking the regimental aspect of it. Yes, I…

Over my dirty cuppa on Tuesday I actually caught up on social media. Once dressed, I fed and watered the birds and I emptied the dishwasher. It looks as though…

I finished work early on Friday because we were doing the shopping early. Our Saturday was already fully booked in advance and Friday evening was the only chance we had….

We struggled to get up on Friday, probably because we’d been so rudely awakened the day before when we thought we were getting a lie in. It resulted in both…

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY The Ace of Pentacles, Short Tarot Tale #4.  This story is Vanessa’s backstory, Stevie Beck’s antagonist in the Horvale cosy mysteries.  The…

The poet’s new company car was arriving yesterday, and it was due to land at around 8am. They were collecting his old car too, a different company, but we didn’t…

Saturday was a working day for me, or a semi-working day. Because of all the IT shenanigans, I’d lost a lot of time in the week before and I only…

Thursday and Friday were a bit chaotic. Thursday Thursday began with my dirty cuppa and with me doing what I could on the limited mobile signal on the mobile phone,…

So, we’re now into September, the start of our academic year and, historically, the start of my working year. It’s generally the start of new beginnings for me, new attitudes….

It’s publication day today for Killer Queen, Wordsworth Short #41. I did a pop-up workshop on writing locked room mysteries, and the assignment was to write a locked room mystery…