It looks as though there’s been a mass exodus of staff from Twitter over the past few hours and the knock-on effect is that everyone seems to think it’s the demise of the platform. Twitter is and always has been
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Diary of a Tiger: Wed 16 Nov 2022
Chapter 54: Wednesday 16 November I’m running a bit behind on my NaNo at the moment, mostly due to all the red-tape stuff I had to do last week. I’ve been dipping in and out, but I’ve not had chance
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Book Review: Aging Gracefully for Women over 50
This feature is in association with NetGalley. Aging Gracefully for Women Over 50 by Dr Steve Kringold Many thanks to NetGalley, to BooksGoSocial and to the author for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Aging Gracefully for Women
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Book Review: The Lighthouse Sisters
This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Lighthouse Sisters by Gill Thompson Many thanks to NetGalley and to Headline Review for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of The Lighthouse Sisters. The story opens in 1996 with an
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Diary of a Tiger: Fri 11 Nov 2022
Chapter 53: Friday 11 November Saturday Saturday should have been Day 4 of NaNoWriMo, but it turned into a day of household chores. The poet popped out at midday to go and setup for a wedding Monkey Dust were playing
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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 5
Day 5: 8 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. I ran out of time on
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NaNoWriMo Interlude – Publishing Challenge! (Gallery)
I interrupt my NaNoWriMo updates to bring you the post I’ve been promising for weeks. But first… Publication Day! It’s Publication Day today for Poppy Day, a VERY SHORT flash fiction short story. This is one of my own personal
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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 4
Day 4: 6 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. Day 4 of NaNo should have
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Diary of a Tiger: Sat 5 Nov 2022
Chapter 52: Saturday 5 November For the duration of NaNoWriMo, Diary of a Tiger will go back to weekly posts, appearing on a Saturday with a round-up of the week. I’m posting daily updates for NaNo on weekdays only, the morning
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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 3
Day 3: 3 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. As the days are going to
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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 2
Day 2: 2 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. I ended up doing a lot
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NaNoWriMo 2022: Day 1
Day 1: 1 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, I’ll be writing for 22 days in November. This gives me a daily target of 2,273 words, which will be about 2 chapters per day. I decided to be a NaNo
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Diary of a Tiger: Tue 1 Nov 2022
Chapter 51: Tuesday 1 November November already… This year has flown by. Friday On Friday morning we had the 3rd of our 4 appointments for last week. The poet’s car was due in for some urgent maintenance and update (it
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Publication Day! Last one!
Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the final book in my publishing challenge! Wahey! I made it. 😁 And I’m going out on a BANG! 🎊 🎉 I wrote The Bonfire Party a long time ago and sold it
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Diary of a Tiger: Fri 28 Oct 2022
Chapter 50: Friday 28 October I was whizzed through the 6:40pm appointment on Wednesday at record speed and by 8pm we’d eaten and were home again. We had Burger King and Dunkin’ Donuts for tea, which was a nice treat.
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