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Posted on June 12, 2021

Signing in the Waldenbooks.

Too tired to write more than a sentence, but this made me laugh and I hope you enjoy it too:

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Posted on June 5, 2021

Guessing the murderer and timeline overwhelm.

Give me a few episodes of a crime drama and I have a ninety, ninety-five percent chance of guessing the perpetrator from then on. Unfortunately, this has nothing to do…

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Posted on May 1, 2021

Procrastination tip for writers #1: Platform building.

I usually limber up to write with a game of Freecell. Today, this turned into several. It inspired a Facebook post. I moved to Twitter and sent five tweets in…

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Posted on April 24, 2021

Theory: Uncle Quentin in the ‘Famous Five’ was Enid Blyton herself.

For those who haven’t heard of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five, it’s what Britain had before Harry Potter. Anyway, I have my own pet theory about Uncle Quentin. I think he’s…

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Posted on April 10, 2021

Netflix-informed parenting, Prince Philip and my first draft.

I’m writing this a bit late. My husband and I stayed up to collect my son from a cold-sounding meet in his mate’s garden. He wanted to cycle back at…

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Posted on April 3, 2021

Too many bikes, too few words.

Yesterday, the six of us cycled along the prom. The sun was out, people were in t-shirts and there were banners outside the restaurants announcing their terraces would open from…

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Posted on February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

A turnaround week

I started this week feeling uninspired – one of my least favourite sensations – and have finished with so much in my head I don’t know what to put in…

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