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Book Review: Grand Theft Weight Loss

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Grand Theft Weight Loss by Michael Alvear Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and BooksGoSocial for letting me see an advance reader’s copy…

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Publication Day! And back to work!

Publication Day It’s Publication Day today for the next book in my publishing challenge. Five Slightly Sinister Short Stories is the latest of my Wordsworth Collections and it contains, well,…

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Publication Day!

Publication Day was actually yesterday, but as yesterday was a national day of mourning, I’m publicising it today. Crime Doesn’t Pay, a Wordsworth Short, is out now! And it’s another…

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Moving house

So we’re finally actually moving house tomorrow. We’ve been busy packing things, arranging various people, gardening. And next week we’re going to be even busier, clearing the garden at the…

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Publication Day!

I have another VERY SHORT STORY out as part of my 2021/2022 publishing challenge! Where There’s Smoke, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is published today! And it’s another brand-new story. You…

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God bless

Yesterday was a terrible day, during which I remained glued to the news from around 12:30pm until about 7pm. It was not really unexpected, but it was sudden. I am…

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Wrapping up the portable garden

Now that we have a date from the insurance company and we know what day we’ll be moving house, we’re starting to dismantle things. And that includes the portable garden….

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Diary of a Tiger: Wed 7 Sep 2022

Chapter 32: Wednesday 7 September – or ‘there should be a writing prompts post here but I don’t have one ready…’ Yesterday I didn’t have a book review ready, so…

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Diary of a Tiger: Tue 6 Sep 2022

Chapter 31: Tuesday 6 September – or ‘there should be a book review here but I don’t have one ready…’ Wow, it’s been almost an entire month since my last…

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Publication Day!

We’re back off our holidays, but while we were off, I still managed to schedule another story for publication. Destination Desire, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is published today! And it’s…

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The portable garden & the pop-up office

Last week we were in beautiful Northumberland on our holidays. We came home a day early so that we could pay for, sign for and collect the keys to our…

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Publication Day!

I’m still on holiday, but I still don’t let little things like that interrupt my publishing challenge. The Hitch Hiker, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is published today! And it’s another…

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Publication Day!

I may be on holiday at the moment, but I don’t let little things like that interrupt my publishing challenge. The Castle on the Hill, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is…

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We’re orf!

We’re off on our holidays, and when we get back we’re hopefully moving house (again – I know!). I’ve scheduled a couple of easy posts, but I should be back…

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Book Review: Diet Rebel

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Diet Rebel by Brian Harner Many thanks to NetGalley, the author and to BooksGoSocial for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of…

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Publication Day!

Blind Date, a Wordsworth Short, is published today! This is one of the complete stories I discovered recently. It’s one I wrote a long time ago when this kind of…

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Just chillin’

The past few days have been all about chilling. I finished the editing job on Tuesday evening at about 7:30pm and it was back with the author by about 8pm,…

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Diary of a Tiger: Tue 9 Aug 2022

Chapter 30: Tuesday 9 August – or ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ I worked really hard over the past week to finally shift those 2 massive jobs that…

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Publication Day!

Shaking the Tree, a Wordsworth Short, is published today! A long time ago I wrote a short story that I called The Spirit of the Wind, which was published in My…

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Diary of a Tiger: Tue 2 Aug 2022

Chapter 29: Tuesday 2 August August already, and already it’s a day old. I can hardly believe it. Friday I skipped a post on Friday because I was just so…

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Publication Day!

Tea for Two, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is published today! This is another very short story I wrote a long time ago, and the first version was well over 2,000…

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Diary of a Tiger: Thu 28 Jul 2022

Chapter 28: Wednesday 28 July I’ve been working on a few things today. The biggest job has been the editing job. I was determined to get to the end of…

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Diary of a Tiger: Wed 27 Jul 2022

Chapter 27: Wednesday 27 July So, it’s been almost an entire month since my last posting. There have been several contributing factors, most of which have been work. Another biggie…

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Book Review: The Ragged Valley

This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Ragged Valley by Joanne Clague Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Canelo for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of…