Here’s the link I apologise about the quality of the scan – well, the scan was fine, but I couldn’t figure out a way to drop the file size without sacrificing the final resolution of the jpg. Sorry. You will also see I’ve blacked out the particular suburb I live in. I’m sure you understand why.
You know Season 10 of Top Gear? The episode where the boys are in Africa? The bit where they set to their cars with sledgehammers so as to lose chassis weight to cross the sand flats of Botswana? You remember that part? My son did – when he found a hammer in the garage the other morning……
Just a quick note to say that this is the final full week we have left before the book files are due in Singapore next Tuesday. I spent the better part of yesterday at my designer’s putting it together and the rest of this week will be full of fiddling and tweaking and – I…
I have an interview lined up this afternoon with one of the local newspapers to talk about my recent short story win. This will include photographs (gulp). You’d think that I would be dedicating precious mental space to memorising the essence of the story in 20-words-or-less, or thinking up of a tactful, yet convincing and…
I am a bit of a ‘blonde’. Yes, I am literally a blonde, albeit with some chemical help, but we all know that’s not what I’m talking about. My friends and family will be able to attest to the fact that although I go through periods of intense concentration when they’re needed, I also can…
It was a wonderful night, full of genuine warmth and bonhomie. I was freezing sitting up the back of the room in a draft; however that wasn’t the reason why I kept trembling. It was nerve-wracking, sitting there listening to an actor read your story and wondering what all the other people thought of it….
Let me see… All essential and non-essential body parts shaved? Check. Hair colour and cut appointment? In a few hours – check. Outfit sorted? Check. Acceptance speech prepared? Not necessary, so I’ve been told. Nerves? Contained – for now. My husband is on babysitting duty tonight as our regular sitter is unavailable. I can’t deny this…
Has it been 15 weeks already? Time sure flies. I’m thinking the next ‘peek’ you will all get now is when the book arrives back, ready for the shops. This will be another 15 weeks or so. Is the anticipation killing you yet? It’s killing me!
So I took to it with a machete and it felt quite liberating, actually. Almost a hundred words are gone. Not much, you might think, but it’s over a quarter of the book. I think it’s better now. Mmm…this humble pie tastes good.
