Despite having ‘no plans beyond shopping’, we had a really busy weekend in the end. Saturday On Saturday we got up early (yes, really – at the weekend!) and we headed out to Murderhell (Meadowhall – it always used to
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Diane Wordsworth: freelance writer ● novelist ● editor ● ghostwriter ● book reviewer ● member of the CWA ● world-famous nutter-magnet
Despite having ‘no plans beyond shopping’, we had a really busy weekend in the end. Saturday On Saturday we got up early (yes, really – at the weekend!) and we headed out to Murderhell (Meadowhall – it always used to
Read moreWell, it seems that the WP to Buffer auto-shares worked okay, and I didn’t even have to check because I received not one but five emails (5): one from WordPress telling me my scheduled post had published; one from Buffer
Read moreI hit the ground running yesterday and went straight into faffing… Pomodoros Don’t forget, these pomodoros are 50 minutes each rather than 25 minutes each, short breaks are 10 minutes, and long breaks are 60 minutes. Pomodoro 1 On Wednesday
Read moreThe dog disturbed me several times during the night and that meant I didn’t get as much sleep as I’d like. The poet manages to sleep right through all of the shenanigans and often doesn’t know what I’m talking about
Read moreThe poet went into the office today, so that meant we were up earlier and that meant I was at my desk earlier. Pomodoros Don’t forget, these pomodoros are 50 minutes each rather than 25 minutes each, short breaks are
Read moreCan you believe it’s 10 January already? Time flies ever quicker with each passing year. The dog didn’t get his twilight trot on Friday, or even his moonlight stroll. We did the shopping and bought a readymeal because we didn’t
Read moreWe almost forgot to take the tree down on Thursday night, so it was a mad frantic rush to do that and pack away all of the decorations. The tree and the wreath both went into the garden as it
Read moreWhile tea cooked on Wednesday night, I sat down and caught up with the rest of the daily competitions that had built up over the previous few weeks. That meant that from Thursday, it should only take 10 – 15
Read moreNew Kickstarter campaign On Tuesday evening an email came in from Kickstarter with news on the latest Dean Wesley Smith/Kristine Kathryn Rusch campaign: Fantasies Collide. I didn’t even know what a kickstarter was until I started to read Smith’s blog
Read moreTuesday started really late for me. This was too bad as it was the first day of the new year and I had great plans to follow. The problem was, we got up late, and we got up late because
Read moreThis feature is in association with NetGalley. Apologies for the bauble on the graphic when it’s no longer Christmas. I did finish the book a couple of weeks ago but writing up the review was one of the things that
Read moreChristmas and New Year are over but today is still a holiday in the UK. We were going to go out as we should have gone out on Sunday but didn’t because I’m full of cold and with a snot
Read moreThe bit in the middle, between Christmas and New Year, has been mercifully quiet for us. We knew that we would probably crash and burn once the big day was over, and we did. On Monday, which was really Boxing
Read moreSo we pretty much ran out of time. We did a helluva lot… but we ran out of time. Saying that, there are only a couple of things we wanted doing by *the day* that haven’t been done. We still
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