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  • TEN THINGS NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT BOOK PUBLISHING

    Originally posted on Jane Bwye: I am delighted to welcome back a valued friend, Karen Charlton, from my Authonomy days. Her  little piece is so, so true. And the strange thing is, we all have to learn every one of these lessons by personal experience; sometimes more than once. In a recent survey carried out…

  • A day of little things

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: It has been a beautiful spring day here, so the fact that the heating has died again didn’t become apparent until I dipped my toe in the nice, hot bath I had run and found it to be about as warm as a polar bear’s backside. By…

  • Veil

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Sue Vincent's Daily Echo View original post

  • The dog’s lead (and a word about Fionn mac Cumhaill)

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: The dog has gone to bed in deep disgust at my defection The sofa cushions moulded to ensure her night’s protection, She didn’t get her walk tonight, the sun went down without her As my attention lay elsewhere on stuff that’s not about her. We’d walked the…

  • Construct

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s haiku challenge

  • Book Review: No Other Darkness

    Originally posted on neverimitate: No Other Darkness, by Sarah Hilary, is a tense and gripping crime thriller which opens with the grisly discovery of two little boys entombed in an underground bunker. It features DI Marnie Rome who first appeared in the author’s debut novel, Someone Else’s Skin. Like the first book a challenging crime involving families and…

  • Stirring

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Frost ferns creep across the glass; there is beauty in the cold of morning when breath mingles with the mist in intimate abandon and the sun wears a bridal veil blushing gold at her reflection. Across the rain-damp altar of earth. petals fall like confetti, pale pink…

  • A commitment?

    A commitment?

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: Please listen. I want to tell you my story. I was taken away from my mother when I was a bit too young to manage on my own and given as a present to a woman. Everything went very well for the first few sun-ups and I was good…

  • I will give…

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: “Until last night, it all seemed fairly straightforward. You know. Defeat monsters, find magic sword, save the world, then go home for tea.” He stopped pacing and looked Merlin straight in the eye. “Oh, part of me understood the importance of what we are trying to do…

  • 7 Things I’ve Learnt Since I Started Blogging

    Jenny in Neverland So the other week saw in my 2 year blog birthday and despite not quite believing how quickly those two years have gone, it also got me thinking about how much has changed and how much I’ve learnt in these two short (but incredible) years since Jenny in Neverland was born into…

  • TEN THINGS NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT BOOK PUBLISHING

    Originally posted on Jane Bwye: I am delighted to welcome back a valued friend, Karen Charlton, from my Authonomy days. Her  little piece is so, so true. And the strange thing is, we all have to learn every one of these lessons by personal experience; sometimes more than once. In a recent survey carried out…

  • A day of little things

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: It has been a beautiful spring day here, so the fact that the heating has died again didn’t become apparent until I dipped my toe in the nice, hot bath I had run and found it to be about as warm as a polar bear’s backside. By…

  • Veil

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Sue Vincent's Daily Echo View original post

  • The dog’s lead (and a word about Fionn mac Cumhaill)

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: The dog has gone to bed in deep disgust at my defection The sofa cushions moulded to ensure her night’s protection, She didn’t get her walk tonight, the sun went down without her As my attention lay elsewhere on stuff that’s not about her. We’d walked the…

  • Construct

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s haiku challenge

  • Book Review: No Other Darkness

    Originally posted on neverimitate: No Other Darkness, by Sarah Hilary, is a tense and gripping crime thriller which opens with the grisly discovery of two little boys entombed in an underground bunker. It features DI Marnie Rome who first appeared in the author’s debut novel, Someone Else’s Skin. Like the first book a challenging crime involving families and…

  • Stirring

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Frost ferns creep across the glass; there is beauty in the cold of morning when breath mingles with the mist in intimate abandon and the sun wears a bridal veil blushing gold at her reflection. Across the rain-damp altar of earth. petals fall like confetti, pale pink…

  • A commitment?

    A commitment?

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: Please listen. I want to tell you my story. I was taken away from my mother when I was a bit too young to manage on my own and given as a present to a woman. Everything went very well for the first few sun-ups and I was good…

  • I will give…

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: “Until last night, it all seemed fairly straightforward. You know. Defeat monsters, find magic sword, save the world, then go home for tea.” He stopped pacing and looked Merlin straight in the eye. “Oh, part of me understood the importance of what we are trying to do…

  • 7 Things I’ve Learnt Since I Started Blogging

    Jenny in Neverland So the other week saw in my 2 year blog birthday and despite not quite believing how quickly those two years have gone, it also got me thinking about how much has changed and how much I’ve learnt in these two short (but incredible) years since Jenny in Neverland was born into…