Testing, testing

The big news in the village is that we have decided to resurrect the local morris side. DH and I went to the very first meeting of interested parties last night and discovered that of the 20 people who said they were coming, 14 had begged off because it was Burns Night. However, six is…

Well, given how much the diet has slowed down, I don’t see myself hitting my final target weight in April any more.  So I’m rethinking the whole tattoo schedule, along the lines of “I’ve already lost 2 stone, do I not get a reward for that?!” and “I’ve got an interim target coming up which…

Not related to the post title, but much more interesting, there’s a month-long party going on on the 18th Century History blog, launching off with a giveaway from me.  Possibly everyone who reads my blog and wants one has already got a copy of False Colors, but if you haven’t here’s a chance to get…

I should make some resolutions, shouldn’t I? How about these – Get back to my target weight. (While I was ill, my digestive system went freaky, so I could gain or lose half a stone in a week without any changes of diet. I had absolutely no control over it, and after a couple of…

So, I’m 61K into “Under the Hill”, and I’m now completely sure that I have a Fantasy novel on my hands, not a romance.  This is all well and good, except that two of the characters (George and Chris) have backstory together – massive, massive backstory.  I find myself really wanting to write their massive…