To this day I remain very fond of Crying in the Car. I’m fond of all three books I’ve produced, of course, but Crying in the Car, for its modest size, contains some very personally significant material and received positive reviews (extracts of some of these you see above). As I’m writing again, and by…
Thanks to Disney, we were treated to an afternoon at the movies last week. It was still in that weird, almost surreal, period between Christmas and New Years, where everyone runs on a combination of almost overdrawn adrenaline and swings between enjoying the spirit of the time and just wanting it to be over already….
Welcome to 2015! I hope you enjoyed your New Year’s celebrations and holiday season! How much pudding did you eat? We ate lots – Adam discovered this Belgian chocolate one and, my goodness, it was so delicious we went back and bought another! But, I’m not here to (just) talk about desserts (although I could) –…
If you have a business or a project that could do with some additional promotional power, then read on – today’s post could end up being an early Christmas present! New website sponsor, Fresh Promotions, is offering a reader the chance to win 100 Presidential Metal Pens, with the inclusion of either a business name…
I received a question via email last week and requested permission to post it here so I can answer. The main reason for this is because I hear this question a lot, in varying forms, and have actually been meaning to write about the topic for some time. So that’s a nice coincidence! The question: I…
I adore flowers. I’ve recently talked about how I’ve started to buy a rose for myself every week. I also enjoy giving them as a present, but admit that my track record of ordering flowers online for recipients I can’t deliver to personally has been rather hit-and-miss. Service has been average, as have been the quality of the…
Over half a million words. This blog has come a long way. But I feel that it could go even further. Now the celebrations of the eighth birthday party have passed (the Xenomorphs took some chasing off!), I want to go in to detail about ‘what happens next’ and ‘where to now’? If I’m honest,…
Let me begin by talking about desks. Back when we were at university in Bathurst (yes, this is how far I’m going back!), Adam bought a second-hand table from a charity shop that was located just behind his flat. This table wasn’t much to look at – a utilitarian, boring, commercial piece that would look…
I think I can anticipate what some of you are (possibly) thinking: I already fork over money for my domain name(s), web hosting, blog design and on and on… why do I want to pay out more? Believe me, I hear you. I’m pretty…. thrifty… myself. But when it comes to blogging, sometimes upgrading accounts or…
