Category: disapointing
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False Prophets?
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I can’t be the only one getting these emails, but no one else has mentioned them yet. Every blessed morning, I get at least one or two messages from representatives of Publishing Houses or Literary Agents. All promising to successfully market one or another of my books. These emails are long, well-written, and sincere. Full…
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Looking Forward…
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For some time now, I have spent my days trying so hard not to look backwards. This is not something I am guilty of in the first instance, so probably easier for me to do. But that doesn’t mean I have been looking forward either. Desperately avoiding depression, I haven’t been looking anywhere in particular.…
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Freedom at Last?
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Despite the crippling heat of the last few weeks, I went ahead and made the appointment with my optician, intending to get there under my own steam for what would be the first time in months. Definitely several steps in the right direction, I thought, and although the thought was scary, I really looked forward…
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Better than Nothing…
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We were really looking forward to the eclipse yesterday, though it was a shame it happened so late in the day. Hopefully, we might get to see something. We started paying attention to the weather around 6 pm, and for the first hour, nothing much happened. Not having anything suitable to look through, we were…
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New Week, New problem…
As the head cook and bottle washer in our house, I get some weird requests sometimes. Anything from how I chop the carrots up, to ‘why don’t we have sweetcorn any more?’ This last request really confused me. ‘Can we have smaller meals please?’ None of us are the size we want to be, so…
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I forgot ‘Why’…
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I was pulled up twice yesterday in quick succession. I had just spent the afternoon re reading the first 8 chapters of my new story, Swan Song and was feeling just a little smug that everything seemed to be on track. Then I decided to finish reading Beyond Dark: Belladonna, a new detective mystery, by…