Ten Things That Make my Day

1. Other writers. I belong to Litopia, the online writing colony, and I have met with such generosity of spirit there. I’ve just put up a story for critique and received wonderful, useful, constructive criticism. 2. Robby. After six months of looking, we may have found our family dog. The weirdness of adopting a dog [...]

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Muse – Litopia’s New E-zine

Readers and writers alert! Or as my borrowed countryfolk would say, Achtung! Litopia – the very lovely, friendly, creative writers’ colony where I hang out – has just published the first edition of its online literary magazine Muse. It’s sharp, it’s sexy and you want to read it. Here’s a link to the pdf. Here’s [...]

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Damning Statements from Children #2

Daughter: Mummy, have you eaten sugar today? You seem to be really grumpy. Mummy (ahem): Well, now that you mention it, I had three chocolates. Daughter: You are being extremely grumpy, you know. Mummy: Thanks for pointing that out, darling. I’ll try to be better in future.

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Damning Statements from Children #1

Daughter: Mummy, why, when there are so many books in the world, is it so hard to write one? Mummy: *gasping* Well, darling, I don’t have much time to write because I have to look after all of you. Some writers are lucky enough to have 10 hours a day to write. Also, I want [...]

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What Are You Going to Give Up?

I love it when a Times Online columnist espouses one of my views loudly and publically on a long weekend so as to get the attention of all the reading masses on my behalf.  It means I get the feeling of being validated without having to get out of my pyjamas. My opinion: Women can [...]

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