Month: October 2010

A quick post, as my head doesn’t seem to have got back from Rome even if my body has! We had a good week. It was very tiring as we walked miles. The weather was very kind. We even saw the Pope and the Popemobile. I’ll post some photos over the next few days. Congratulations… Continue reading Back From Rome and Some Competitions

I love growing my own fruit and veg, even if it is time consuming watering the plants. This is the third year running we’ve grown tomatoes on the patio and we had a bumper crop. We tried broad beans, but only got one meal’s worth. My purple broccoli have mainly succumbed to the cabbage white… Continue reading Home Grown

Or should that say – A history of MY reading part 2 – 2009? I give below a review of books I read in 2009. Binchy, Maeve – Heart and Soul, Orion, 2009, ISBN: 1409102319 Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during… Continue reading History of Reading – Part 2

My son’s school hosted a performance by The Pearl of Africa choir on Friday night. The choir are on a fund raising tour to support 3,000 Ugandan orphans and destitute children in eight schools and nine orphanages. Each choir member comes from a background that we can’t even imagine. Many are orphans to AIDS and… Continue reading Humbling Experience

What if I were confident the way I used to be? Wearing red and jade suits in a grey-clad sea of men. Leading teams, deciding goals, speaking out with steel. How did she become this little mouse? Please tell me this isn’t real. Let me wake tomorrow sure and set on a new course with… Continue reading Poetic Plea

Or should that say – A history of MY reading part 1 – 2008? During my writing course I have made a conscious effort to read as widely as possible and to include books that I would not normally consider. This strategy has enabled me to gain a lot of insight into how the writers… Continue reading A History of Reading – Part 1

Looking forward to life beyond New Voices! I can’t believe how much time and energy it took up – where did September go? I’ve already sorted out a poem for a competition, read the next section of my distance learning course and examined several scenarios for writing projects I have on the go. Rosie and… Continue reading Life beyond

Oh well, not only did I not make the top ten in the Mills and Boon New Voices competition, but I wasn’t on the list of writers they want to hear more from either. I’ve allowed myself a few moments to feel despondent and now I’m taking stock. The fact is I learned a great… Continue reading Thoughts on New Voices

Listening to Radio 4 on the way to writing group on Friday I heard the statistic that the average person reads 4-5 books a year! My husband, who travels widely with his job, gets through at least a book a fortnight (and those are some weighty tomes like Dickens interspersed with lighter Clive Cussler), so… Continue reading Reading Statistic