Category: writer at work
Thursday 25 September 2025: Book 11 begins
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…
Wednesday 24 September 2025: Ducks in a row
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…
Tuesday 23 September 2025: Mixed emotions
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…
Friday 19 September 2025: Skipped a day
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…
Wednesday 17 September 2025: Another book on the way…
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…
Tuesday 16 September 2025: Too much faffing
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…
Friday 12 September 2025: A bit of a slow-burn rant…
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…
Thursday 11 September 2025: Playing with Affinity
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…
Wednesday 10 September 2025: Ten down, two to go
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….
Tuesday 9 September 2025: Last Friday
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…
Friday 5 September 2025: A shiny new car
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…
Thursday 4 September 2025: Down came the rain
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…
Wednesday 3 September 2025: Organised chaos
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,…
Thursday 28 August 2025: Back to work-ish
So, the Sky engineer, or a sub-contractor for their, erm, sub-contractor, turned up at our next-door neighbour’s house first thing on Tuesday. Our next-door neighbour told her that their other…
Wednesday 27 August 2025: A weekend away
Because I was so tired on Thursday, I allowed myself an extra half an hour on Friday morning before the alarm going off. I started the day with my dirty…
Friday 22 August 2025: Bank holiday weekend ahead!
Ohmygosh, I was soooo tired on Wednesday night, we went to bed early and as soon as my head hit that pillow I was literally gone. The next thing I…
Thursday 21 August 2025: Editing all day
I had to get up early yesterday because the campervan had to go in to have some work done to get it through its MOT. I drove to the lock-up…
Wednesday 20 August 2025: Lots of stuff
My flylady hours are a bit stunted this week. I’m still spending time doing quick and easy things, but I’m not concentrating on a room a day. But only for…
Tuesday 19 August 2025: A 2-gig weekend
A lot of our friends have 2-gig weekends. Many have 3-gig weekends. And when there’s a bank holiday, they have 4- or 5-gig weekends, some with 2 gigs in one…
Friday 15 August 2025: Still publishing…
Phew! What a busy day I had yesterday. And I thought it would all be so quick and simple too. Serves me right for being such a perfectionist, I suppose….
Thursday 14 August 2025: Publishing
I had a bit to catch up on yesterday, the first of which was yesterday’s blog post. I had all intentions on getting today’s done yesterday too, but here I…
Wednesday 13 August 2025: Newsletter imminent…
Yesterday seems like quite a while ago, probably because it was a busy day. Much of the day for me was taken up with writing. I even had a stunted…
Monday 11 August 2025: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY The Ace of Swords, Short Tarot Tale #3. This story is Fal’s backstory, the policeman in the Stevie Beck/Horvale cosy mysteries. The…
Friday 8 August 2025: Up to date?
It’s Friday today and I think I may finally be up to date. Yay! Saying that, yesterday does seem to have disappeared down a dark hole. The day started okayish….





































