* Michelle at Scribbit offers some (as usual) wise blogging advice. * From The Guardian Let’s stop sneering at fantasy readers. Also from The Guardian an in-depth profile of one of my favourite children’s writers/illustrators Anthony Browne. * Here’s a very popular video going around the traps at the moment: Buffy vs. Edward Cullen (very…
This is how Keira sometimes dressed back towards at the beginning of the year, by laying out the clothes (usually pink) the day before. Please note the makeup was taken secretly from my bathroom. I don’t normally let her wear it; only on special occasions. Like the nights we watch Rocky Horror Picture Show, and…
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I shouldn’t be here. I’m supposed to be somewhere else shortly. I’m supposed to be cleaning up the kitchen. I’m supposed to be vacuuming up all the hundreds & thousands sprinkles that got spilled over our bedroom* (*NO, not a ‘ sex-thing’. It was the kids. Promise) There’s the washing, over there. I suppose I should…
I’m still ploughing through Bel Canto, so my library borrowing was pretty light this week. The last three issues of Australian Book Review, the Ian Fleming because I want to see what he’s like, and Tender Morsels because the title seems vaguely familar.
There was a television special on Saturday night, as I’m sure there will be more to come, about the life and music of Michael Jackson. I put it on out of respect, more than anything, to the talent I don’t think anyone could doubt he had. We sat the kids down to watch, but Keira…
Keira: Mum, is this your new book? {She points to the open manuscript as I type its revisions into the computer.} Me: It is. Keira: Is it also going to be in a bookshop one day? Me: I sincerely hope so. {Pause} Me: Yes? What else? Keira: Can you wipe off my boogers, please?
It’s now the season for my cherry to be in full blossom – well, it would be in full blossom if the top leaves weren’t still there, charred and angry-looking. I’ve been waiting for them to drop, but I won’t think they will. It’s like they’re soldered to the branch. Here’s an azalea that I…
I read ‘The Spare Room’ in two hours last Friday night, a loan from the much loved Gen. I borrowed ‘Bel Canto’ because a friend of mine has been begging me to read it and ‘Stardust’ because I’m on a bit of a Neil Gaiman binge. The books behind are what we’ve got on our…
