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| Birmingham Christmas Market 2011 |
Friday, 30 December 2011
What day is it supposed to be again...?
I love these days between Christmas and New Year when it stops mattering whether it's Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday; when the fridge is still full of lovely food and there are chocolates, nuts and hunks of gorgeously seasonal cake all over the house; when friends arrive to swap presents and catch up over coffee; when you don't have to leave the house unless you really want to; when the Christmas tree still has needles on and the lights are still working; when you can stay in bed until you are ready to get up and stay up late until you are ready to go to bed! I have ventured out for haggis (for Hogamanay!) and smoked salmon from the supermarket but other than that I've been holed up in front of the fire, toasty and warm, working my way through Christmas biscuits and lots of books on Shakespeare for my uni course. It's all going to come crashing to an end before long, and I'm going to have to turn my mind on Monday to the mundane nature of the rest of my life, but at this present moment, it is truly fabulous to be so indolent and self-indulgent. Best cake : Dundee Cake from Aldi, dripping with orange syrup, packed with fruit and studded with almonds. Delish! (and cheapish too!)
Monday, 26 December 2011
Friday, 23 December 2011
I didn't believe my ears...
See? Drover is not as daft as people think! And there's at least one other good plot there...
Copies of the new story arrived yesterday and are being posted out to the usual suspects today- pleased with the way it looks! Extras page will be up and running by tonight so pop back soon and have a look!
Monday, 19 December 2011
Christmas story? Find it here!!!
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| Murkton Christmas lights...? |
(You can buy print copies, if you want one, at Lulu print edition but it'll cost £2.50 and whatever they decide to charge for pand p! - I'd go for the download, myself! If you are one of the 'usual' suspects who gets one in your stocking every year, never fear - it's on its way!!)
The Kindle edition is here Kindle edition although I'm not that happy about the formatting and I may well have another try at it before Christmas to make it a bit better to read. Kindle won't allow me to give the story away so you'll be charged 75p if you select it this way! Again, I'm working on ways to get round this...
For every copy bought or downloaded this year, I'm donating to Crisis (as usual) and also to the MS Trust.
Merry Christmas
Thursday, 1 December 2011
G and P get Kindled!
I was on strike yesterday, like a lot of people in the UK, but because I'm struggling with a foot injury at the moment I wasn't up to marching the streets and waving placards. Instead, I stayed at home, with my foot up, and among the amazing things I found time to do, I decided to have a go at transferring the last Grouse and Partridge story to Kindle. It was actually surprisingly simple to do (although the prospect of doing an entire novel is rather daunting!) and it is exciting to announce that, as of this morning, 'A Snoo-Tappit Hiddy-Giddy' is available from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snoo-Tappit-Hiddy-Giddy-Partridge-Christmas-ebook/dp/B006GIUWV2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1322771429&sr=1-1 for the princely sum of 86p - they wouldn't let me set the price to free!
When I finish this year's offering (Saturday's job!) it too will be available on Kindle at the same price. The usual free PDF will still be available on lulu.com along with the print version, probably from December 17th.
Best cake? The sweet mince pie my pal Helen forced me to indulge in with our now traditional Thursday morning coffee from Costa! That girl is a bad influence!
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