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0 599  2 Comments on Monday 14 April 2025: The bookazine is coming on
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Monday 14 April 2025: The bookazine is coming on

Oh my gosh, I got a lot done on Friday morning. I was up with the poet and making phone calls to do all sorts of things. Order our repeat…

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Thursday 3 April 2025: Busy bee

Tuesday was such a busy day, I wanted to take it easier on Wednesday. But there were more jobs on the to-do list and one of them took longer than…

0 520  4 Comments on Tuesday 25 March 2025: We managed some gardening
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Tuesday 25 March 2025: We managed some gardening

I seem to be getting back up to steam on the workflow. Friday was a good day, even if I didn’t get a lot of actual writing done for the…

0 550  2 Comments on Wednesday 13 November 2024: I fell down a rabbit hole
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Wednesday 13 November 2024: I fell down a rabbit hole

Everything was all going so well too…But at least I was ahead, which probably had something to do with it as well. We were woken on Tuesday morning by something…

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Monday 11 November 2024: Remembrance Day

The only thing I really worked on on Friday was The Secret of Whitehorse Farm. And even then it was only pre-writing. Everything else was on binder work in Scrivener…

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Friday 8 November 2024: Friday already! Again!

How can it be Friday already? Skipping a blog day will probably have something do do with it. The week has flown, but while I’d normally be wondering what I’d…

0 548  2 Comments on Thursday 7 November 2024: Oops, missed a day
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Thursday 7 November 2024: Oops, missed a day

I didn’t miss a day because I was being idle. I missed a day because I was busy. ALL of Tuesday was spent finishing the hard-copy proofread for my client….

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Tuesday 5 November 2024: Bonfire Night!

We didn’t do a great deal at the weekend. We did the shopping on Saturday and nipped in to see the band’s drummer. The next-door neighbour was having his chimney…

0 496  4 Comments on Friday 25 October 2024: This n that
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Friday 25 October 2024: This n that

I started to write this with a view to publishing it yesterday, but it got longer and longer and longer and I still had to write yesterday’s Writing Prompts. So…

1 685  4 Comments on Monday 21 October 2024: Leisurely weekend
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Monday 21 October 2024: Leisurely weekend

I forgot to mention in Friday’s post that on Wednesday the money I was owed by Vocal landed in my bank account. On Thursday morning, another job I did from…

0 574  2 Comments on Friday 18 October 2024: Home again!
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Friday 18 October 2024: Home again!

I was a day behind all week on my blog posts, so when the poet finished his work on Wednesday and we decided to head home on Thursday, I didn’t…

0 512  2 Comments on Tuesday 15 October 2024: Horsham at night
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Tuesday 15 October 2024: Horsham at night

We had to cancel Saturday’s Monkey Dust gig due to the poet losing his voice. He’d had a cold all week and had cancelled band practice on Thursday in order…

1 541  2 Comments on Monday 8 September 2024: A weekend in Mablethorpe
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Monday 8 September 2024: A weekend in Mablethorpe

Friday disappeared a bit sharpish. I’m glad to say that I did indeed clear the proofs for the client edit I’ve been working on, leaving just the plates to proofread…

0 670  6 Comments on Thursday 22 August 2024: Probate papers have left the building!
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Thursday 22 August 2024: Probate papers have left the building!

The final Probate accounts have left the building. I was going to take mine to the post office yesterday to get a signed-for receipt. However, my sister was happy to…

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Wednesday 21 August 2024: Converting books

The campervan was due in for its first service (with us) and we got up early to go and collect it. I dropped the poet off at the compound, followed…

0 660  4 Comments on Monday 19 August 2024: More unexpected DIY
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Monday 19 August 2024: More unexpected DIY

I spent most of Friday catching up with the proofreading job. I’d done my own proofreading, but now I had to consolidate mine with the author’s and the proofreader’s. It…

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Friday 16 August 2024: Up to my neck in pictures

Oh, my goodness! I’ve only gone and chosen an image by the founder of Pixabay himself! 😮 The day started quite well yesterday. The plan was to finally send out…

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Wednesday 14 August 2024: I wrote another short story…

It’s almost as though I do this kind of thing for a living! We were up with the larks again yesterday because my car was booked in for what we…

0 963  2 Comments on Tuesday 19 March 2024: Busy weekend
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Tuesday 19 March 2024: Busy weekend

Because I didn’t finish all of my work on Friday, I already knew I’d be working at the weekend. Saturday First thing Saturday we also had to take the dog…

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Friday 15 March 2024: Catfish, anyone?

We have a meal plan. Not because of any diet, but originally for budgetary purposes and now for variety. Plus, it’s easier if we don’t have to decide what to…

0 880  2 Comments on Thursday 14 March 2024: My learning this week – new feature
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Thursday 14 March 2024: My learning this week – new feature

Bouquet of fresh red tulip flowers sitting on dark surface background with copy space – depositphotos.com It’s free image day today, and this week it’s one I quite like so…

0 965  2 Comments on Tuesday 12 March 2024: Starting to improve
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Tuesday 12 March 2024: Starting to improve

I didn’t just get a phone call from our new Probate case manager on Wednesday, I got an email too. A proper email that introduced her to us and apologised…

0 967  3 Comments on Thursday 7 March 2024: A day book
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Thursday 7 March 2024: A day book

While I’ve been trying to sort out everyone else’s basic incompetence, I’ve been using a day book. The poet has always used a day book but I thought that was…

0 924  4 Comments on Wednesday 6 March 2024: I need structure
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Wednesday 6 March 2024: I need structure

When the poet came home on Tuesday, he quickly fixed the mini TV box and the booster before rustling up a quick tea (we had fish fingers, chips and baked…