It only takes a spark

by | Jan 19, 2013 | 5 comments

Earlier this week, I was working on a client’s manuscript… (Actually, I’ve been working on this one so long the client is now a good – although living in another hemisphere – friend.) As I was saying; I was working on his manuscript...

Sea, sand and butterflies.

by | Jan 12, 2013 | 10 comments

The munchkins came for a sleep-over with The Old Boy, Rex and me. As it’s summer time here in the Land of Oz, we decided after tea to take them to the beach for a swim and an icecream. We brought the Wonder Dog with us. I had visions of a nice stroll along the...

Tolkien’s women

by | Jan 5, 2013 | 10 comments

I had an interesting chat with a friend on Facebook re The Hobbit and I thought I’d drag the conversation/discussion/surely-not-an-argument here to my little blog. Someone had posted an article decrying Tolkien’s perceived misogyny, or at least his...

A no-list new year.

by | Dec 29, 2012 | 9 comments

The week between Christmas and New Year is an extended version of Easter Saturday: the hiatus between “then” and “what is to come”. I suppose for many of us it’s a time to sort the wrapping paper into the ripped-beyond-redemption and...

It’s not all tinsel…

by | Dec 22, 2012 | 8 comments

I’m just a tad annoyed with the Mayans. You’d think they could have found a bigger piece of rock to carve their calendar on and we could have been spared the latest hullabaloo. I’ve done my best to have a bit of fun with it but, let’s face it,...