Actually, that heading isn’t quite right. It should say something like “You Lose some, you Winslet some”, but that just didn’t seem so snappy. And frankly I haven’t got time to give this much more thought. What is she on about? I hear you mutter under your breath. Well, I am on about the sad […]
As readers of my blog know, I usually write about time and the lack of it. And sometimes about the annoying red tape and other time wasting aspects of life in France. But today, I wanted to do something different. I’m going to blog about a lovely relaxing weekend enjoying just a few of the […]
Last Friday, I came home after three weeks at La Muse retreat near Carcassonne. The loudest noise most days was the mountain streams rushing downhill. The views were beautiful and empty of anything not put there by nature. I spent most days reading, resting, writing and walking. I got home ten minutes before it was […]
So, today is my last day at the wonderful writers’ retreat La Muse and although I’m looking forward to being back home with Mr. Right, Fashionista, the Duracell Kid and Clapperkin, I am sad to be leaving this beautiful, tranquil place and the new friends I’ve made here, both real and fictional. There were five […]
I am currently in a very small village in southern France called Labastide-Esparbaïrenque. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s name has more letters than the village has inhabitants. But they’re all very friendly; the villagers and Kerry and John who run La Muse, an artists’ retreat in a beautiful stone house tucked into the village […]
Well, not that much. The thing is I decided to enter a fun short story competition where you were given the theme by email on a Friday afternoon and had until Monday lunchtime to come up with a fabulous 1000 word short story. (the Lit Bits Weekend Challenge. @LitBitsStories, http://www.otherpublishingcompany.com/LITBITS-Weekend-Challenge.html) The last one I entered had […]
Today is the 11th of January. That means I’m late because this was supposed to be a New Year’s blog. But that doesn’t matter, because I have made a New Year’s resolution. You see, 2014 is one of those somehow momentous years that means I will be turning an age ending with a zero. You […]
I so intended to blog this weekend, but then I remembered it was the second weekend of the http://www.otherpublishingcompany.com/LITBITS-Weekend-Challenge.html as well as the last weekend before the most exciting event of the year for four year olds across most of the planet, including Clapperkin and – incredible, but true – even for teenagers like Rebelle, Fashionista and […]
I am a former radio journalist. 24/7 news, deadlines and lots of them. So I took an instant shine to the latest writing competition I came across on Twitter last week: the Lit Bits Weekend Challenge. @LitBitsStories, http://www.otherpublishingcompany.com/LITBITS-Weekend-Challenge.html It’s running for just four weekends and if you sign up, the nice people at Lit Bits […]
Twitter says 140 characters only. Paragraph Planet stipulates a total of 75 words. No more, no less. To tell a story. It’s a challenge. So is finding the time to write. Since mine is full of girls and copywriting (and never of course procrastinating on Twitter or Facebook) I like to take up the 75 […]
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