Wow!
There aren’t many people who make me feel effortlessly outclassed, but this lady is one. Clever, beautiful, faster than a speeding puma, and – by the sound of it – soon to be able to fly:
There aren’t many people who make me feel effortlessly outclassed, but this lady is one. Clever, beautiful, faster than a speeding puma, and – by the sound of it – soon to be able to fly:
Having seen a few pictures of authors’ workplaces, I thought I’d post a picture of the (messy and cheerless) workstation where I do my writing. One of these days it would be nice to move it into a room of its own, with all my books around and some ornaments/nice pictures or something, rather than…
OK, that’s maybe not the title I’d have gone for if I’d been going for informational value. I just have the song running through my head at the moment. “Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer.’ Let me see if I can find it somewhere so you can have it running through…
So, the girls are back in school, Andrew is back at work, and so am I. I’ve started serious edits on Boys of Summer. Unfortunately this means actually writing the sex scenes that I faded to black on during the first draft. And that involves thinking way more deeply about the emotional states of both…
So, I may fail at posting one item a day on the happiness meme, but I now have some news which works to fill all the other days at once. I’m delighted to announce that I’ve signed on with Louise Fury of the L. Perkins Literary Agency. We had a chat on Monday and agreed…
Cassie at Joyfully Reviewed has done a lovely review of Shining in the Sun. She says I wasn’t sure how I would feel about Shining in the Sun, given that Alex Beecroft is primarily a historical writer. After reading it, I can only say I hope Ms. Beecroft decides to write another contemporary soon, because…
This is not a review of the new Spiderman film because I don’t have an awful lot to say about it. I went to see it yesterday with the kids, and we all enjoyed it (verging on ‘enjoyed it very much’.) I certainly enjoyed it more on the whole than The Avengers. That is, while…