Monthly Archives: April 2011
Royal Wedding
Love this Youtube clip of Royal lookalikes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kav0FEhtLugHappy wedding day, William and Catherine.
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Easter
Happy Easter. My sister and family have come to stay for the weekend. Unfortunately the hot weather got to their gifts of chocolate eggs before we could and two carrier bags of dripping chocolate ended up in the dustbin. Never mind; … Continue reading
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Contemporary Fiction
What counts as ‘contemporary fiction’? Is it fiction written over the last couple of years or is it fiction set in the here and now? I suspect it is the latter with the proviso that it is also quite serious … Continue reading
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Edits
I’ve been working on the edits to Eve’s story today. This is book 10 in the Girls FC series and will be called ‘Has Anyone Seen Our Striker?’ I had to do a major overhaul of this story and my editors … Continue reading
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From one poet to another
I’ve been trying to find the poem by Elizabeth Jennings that Frank Cottrell Boyce read so movingly to me the other week. I say ‘to me’ – there were 100 other people in the church of St James the Last that … Continue reading
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Bookshelves are go!
Well, they’re in, they’re varnished and they’re full. My new fitted bookshelves look great. Richard, the joiner who made them in his workshop, brought them in two pieces: Then he fitted them. It took him all day but he did a … Continue reading
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Women’s football kicks off
The Women’s Super League starts tomorrow. Eight teams compete for the first Football Association WSL championship. Please read my blog about it on Goallines I’ll be going to watch history being made at Sincil Bank in Lincoln when Lincoln Ladies … Continue reading
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Staincliffe Junior School, Batley
Behold 5R, one of the three Y5 classes I met at Staincliffe Junior School today. What a great bunch they all were. They listened well and asked intelligent questions. One girl even dashed up to me at the end and … Continue reading
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It’s that Friday feeling again…
I don’t know about where you are but it’s been gorgeous in Nottinghamshire today. Clear sky, warm sunshine and all the blossom out on the trees. It’s days like this I feel so lucky that I work from home, doing a … Continue reading
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