Well, it’s time to come clean. I have been holding off telling my family that I am writing until I had something that I could be proud of. The last couple of days have finally delivered that something in a dragon-shaped lightning bolt. I have a finished book! No, really. Ok, maybe I should have [...]
Archive > February 2010
Book Review: Nighty Night
I’ve decided to start a new series of blog posts. On a regular basis I will review a book that my two and a half year old son has recently read. But don’t just take my word for it, check out The Daniel Pages for his point of view. The first one we’ve chosen is [...]
The Joy of Titles
I would love to be able to offer a really useful, insightful post here on how to craft a fantastic title for a piece of writing. Any piece, be it poem, story, novel, article, blog post, etc. There are two reasons why I’m not. Firstly, there are lots of helpful how-to books, articles and blog [...]
Baby Girl Brown Sweepstake
We’re coming towards the end, and much more quickly than I had been expecting to be honest. I remember the last few weeks with my son dragging on and on and on and…you get the picture. But in a couple of days I will be 33 weeks, and the weeks are ticking over faster than [...]
10 Things You Don’t Know About Me…
…or maybe you do? This post is response to one posted by Mr Uku at his blog, Will Write For Cake. If you don’t follow him on Twitter, you should, he’s great fun. If you’re not on Twitter, why not?! I will have to point you in the direction of my recent post, Ode To [...]
Our Daughters’ Daughters
More Life Lessons from Mary Poppins Anyone who read my post Sand Through A Sieve and thought it was inspired genius (well, who can blame you?) may realise that I am quickly coming to regard Mary Poppins as a Parenting Bible. Today I put the DVD in and went about my business, tidying up and [...]