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Category: Thinking too much

Posted on May 14, 2022

Pathological editing syndrome.

07.04 I spent six or seven hours this week writing a single email. It went to more than one person, but it was the same one. Did I need to…

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Posted on April 23, 2022

Shtisel and losing touch with reality.

It seems I need other adults around to behave like a grown-up myself. My husband had COVID for the first week of the Easter holidays and was holed up in…

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Posted on March 26, 2022March 28, 2022

My novel undergoes its own dramatic transformation.

Rachel and I have three people’s novels to edit at the moment. There are contracts to negotiate, a tax return due, and this week I had a podcast to prepare…

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Posted on March 5, 2022March 5, 2022

It probably will hurt.

There’s a programme on BBC iPlayer at the moment called This is going to hurt. I haven’t had the courage to watch it yet, but when I do, I’ll have…

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Posted on February 12, 2022

Stretching the perimeter of my comfort zone.

If I had my way I would stay in my comfort zone and never make a mistake. But two things have recently pushed me to do things I wouldn’t choose…

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Posted on January 22, 2022

Life-novel balance and other fictional concepts.

I have never managed the work-life balance thing. Complicated Christmas holidays, a deadline for one of our authors, the need to catch up with my own work after that, and…

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Posted on December 25, 2021December 24, 2021

We didn’t want our children to believe in Santa. Right or wrong?

Although our children got stockings, we always made it clear we bought the contents. We wanted them to trust us about things we did actually hold to be true, later…

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Posted on December 4, 2021

A doggy miracle.

I think I’ve just experienced a miracle, which answers my theological question of the week. Was it reasonable to get my church group to pray my 11 1/2-year-old dog didn’t…

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