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31 May 2022

Book Review: Listen to Me

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Random House UK/Transworld Publishers/Bantam Press for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Listen to Me. This novel is Book 13 in the Rizzoli & Isles series, as once again Detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Maura Isles team...

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30 May 2022

Publishing Challenge! Chapter 14

Chapter 14 It’s been 3 weeks since my last publication challenge post. This is because I was really busy over that period, apart from the last week when I finally got to work on my own stuff for a week. I wasn’t idle, though. I still maintained my book a week challenge. Publication Days! Week 1, or 16 May, saw...

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27 May 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 20 May

Chapter 20: Week commencing Friday 20 May Friday I really didn’t feel like doing any work on Thursday, especially after the writing marathon the previous day/night. But I still had a deadline to meet, and pushed on and met it. I wrote a further 3,257 words, and submitted the final instalment for Book 9. By Friday morning, the client had...

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26 May 2022

The portable garden this week: 26 May 2022

More excitement in the garden this week as the first of the strawberries started to show. We think every one of the strawberry plants will fruit again this year. They’re getting on a bit now, so it might be their last year. That means any runners that shoot off this year need to be captured and pegged down, so we have...

The Portable Garden

24 May 2022

Book Review: Pirate Queens

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Pirate Queens by Rebecca Alexandra Simon Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Pen & Sword for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Pirate Queens: the lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Pirates have always been close to my heart, and I do love to read books about them –...

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23 May 2022

Publications last week and this week

The week before last, I was stupidly busy trying to finish a ghostwriting instalment. I did it, but it meant much of my other work was neglected. So I was stupidly busy last week as well, catching up on all of that. However, the publishing challenge was still underway – such is the beauty of being able to upload several...

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20 May 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 13 May

Chapter 19: Week commencing Friday 13 May Friday I was so busy on Friday I didn’t even realise it was Friday the 13th. The first job I got out of the way was the daily competitions. Next up was Monkey Dust and gig list admin. Monkey Dust had a gig on Saturday, but at band practice on Thursday night, the...

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19 May 2022

The portable garden this week: 19 May 2022

Exciting news this week. The tomato plants finally arrived after weeks and weeks of waiting. This was a collection I ordered from a magazine, but now they are here, we think we might have got them cheaper elsewhere. Much cheaper. The image below shows how big the plug plants are when compared to a regular-sized stylus. They really are tiny,...

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13 May 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 6 May

Chapter 18: Week commencing Friday 6 May Friday Okay, hopefully I’ve learnt from not writing the diary as I go along, so today I’m here, at my desk, reporting for duty. It seems that the problem I had with the project planner is now resolved. I’m not sure if I fixed it the best way it can be fixed, but...

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12 May 2022

The portable garden this week: 12 May 2022

While the poet did fit in 30 minutes to cut the front lawns on Saturday, we didn’t get into the garden again at the weekend beyond that. There wasn’t anything to do, other than cut the hedges. But as he’d already filled the green bin with grass cuttings, we didn’t have anywhere to put the trimmings anyway. Saying that, we...

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10 May 2022

Book Review: The Stories of my Life

This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Stories of my Life by James Patterson Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Random House UK for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of The Stories of my Life. From the moment I knew that this book was coming out, I wanted it. Therefore, I was delighted when I was...

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9 May 2022

Publishing Challenge! Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Collection. Flash Fiction 2: Another Five Very Short Stories is exactly what it says it is. The book consists of 5 very short stories that are too short to publish as standalone Wordsworth Shorts. They’re all also available in Twee Tales More, but this is specifically 5 stories under 1,200...

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6 May 2022

Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 29 April

Chapter 17: Week commencing Friday 29 April Friday I’m writing much of this week’s diary in retrospect and I can’t for the life of me remember what kept me so busy on Friday. It was supposed to be ghostwriting, yet there is nothing ticked on my project planner. I’m having a few teething issues with the project planner, most or...

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5 May 2022

The portable garden this week: 5 May 2022

No, this isn’t one of our cornflowers, but I hope we have some of these soon. Nothing to report from the portable garden this week, other than that the cornflower and calendula seeds in the pot at the front have sprouted. The sunflower seedlings at the back are all doing well, and so are the rescued strawberries. We had a...

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3 May 2022

Publication Day Yesterday!

Due to another long weekend, and another one taken off, yesterday’s publishing challenge post has been postponed. However, the short story Wedding of the Year was published yesterday. This is a story I wrote for an assignment on a writing course. The tutor liked it, but I didn’t send it anywhere. It’s the latest Wordsworth Short and is available from...

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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...

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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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