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Posted on January 8, 2022January 8, 2022

A requiem to mince pies and a to-do list for my novel.

Almost back into routine. Phew. Sort of. There is something nice about the holidays after Christmas: most of the benefits (pretty lights, mince pies, and hot chocolate, time with family)…

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Posted on November 20, 2021November 20, 2021

As the Sparks Fly Upwards

Last night, I went to a book launch. This is the sort of thing I’m supposed to do now as a publishing magnate, but a. COVID’s got in the way…

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Posted on August 7, 2021

A third of the way through school holidays; 75% of the way through my draft.

Two weeks of the school holiday down. I like my children (love them, actually), but now lockdown’s lifted, I find the opportunities for parenting overwhelming. A perfect mother would manage…

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Posted on July 24, 2021

All’s well that ends well.

It wasn’t an easy week: high school children at home during the time I’d set aside to prepare for the holidays; the worry my fifteen-year-old would be self-isolating on his…

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Posted on July 3, 2021

Winchester, new experiences and playing mother-in-law to a character I don’t like.

I remember my dream from last night, which doesn’t happen much. Do other people feel the need to match the dredgings of their subconscious with the events/ television of the…

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Posted on May 29, 2021May 29, 2021

My new parenting normal.

It’s a pity most of the generation who parented through the war have gone now. I could have done with their counsel. What do you do when the pressing danger…

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Posted on March 14, 2021March 14, 2021

Desks, Mr Evaristo and other difficulties with focus.

Yesterday, in the middle of a meeting, my desk fell off the wall, so I’m breaking a rule and writing this in bed. I’m trying to concentrate while my husband…

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Posted on March 6, 2021

A pop-up bike shop and a spoilt princess of a novel.

My son has turned the kitchen and conservatory into a bike shop. Grateful he’s out of bed and not torturing his teachers online, I haven’t complained. And the children are…

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