This is a cake my daughter, Leanne, made me to celebrate my new book coming out. She's cleverly (I wouldn't have the patience) iced words from my book on to the cake. If you want to read more, you can't turn the pages on the cake but you can buy the real thing. And here it is -
Friday, July 26, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
In memory of a friend
An email friend, Anita Smith, died earlier this year. She wrote for women's magazines using the name Anita Haynes.
I
never met Anita but always read her stories. Now her husband has put together a
collection of them. All money will go to charity. So, if you're thinking of
buying a collection of short stories, try this one. It's a good read for anyone
and an especially good lesson in how to write short stories for women's
magazines for all you wannabes out there.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Writer receives royal approval
All curtsey to Julia Douglas who has received a certificate from HSH Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Honorary President of the Federation Mondiale du Cirque, for participating in World Circus Day, on April 20 when Julia gave away free downloads of her romance novel The Showman’s Girl. (I would have put pictures of the book and certificate but blogger won't let me.)
The Showman’s Girl follows the adventures of Emily, who runs away with the circus in the 1930s.
If you missed the free download, you can still buy it from iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/the-showmans-girl/id639618472?mt=11) for just 49p!
Or borrow the Linford edition paperback from your local library for free.
The fourth World Circus Day was celebrated with special events by participants in a whopping 47 countries from Afghanistan to Vietnam and Peru to Japan. World Circus Day 5 will be celebrated on April 19, 2014. But if you can’t wait until then to indulge in some circus slapstick, International Clown Week begins this August 1st!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Should writers be paid?
Click on the link to read a brilliantly funny, and sadly
true, article about writers being paid. The author is Guy Walters.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Flying Scotsman e-article Free Free Free
From the 12th - 14th July Glynis Scrivens's e-book will be free to download.
You can read all about it two posts down from this one.
Readers who leave a
review on Amazon can enter a competition to win a mint set of four stamps
issued to commemorate this tour. A winner will be drawn on 16 October, the day
Flying Scotsman arrived in Sydney.
Do tell all those steam fans. Everyone knows at
least one.
Sunday, July 07, 2013
Missionaries and Unicorns
First my
Giggle Blog-
I was
having lunch with friends and somehow we'd got on to the subject of religion,
specifically how to politely get rid of the 'missionaries' who knock on doors
hoping to convert people.
'I tell
them I couldn't possibly belong to any religion which didn't embrace
vegetarianism,' I said. 'But one intrepid missionary told me that before the
flood we were all veggies. Afterwards there were no crops so God told Noah they
could eat meat.' I explained how this statement had bothered me because if only
two of each animal went on the ark then which species did they eat?
'Oh, no!'
wailed Liz. 'That's why there are no unicorns. Noah and his lot ate them!'
And now a
congratulations-
I made
this cake for the LSO who is now officially a Chief Commissaire for British
Cycling. If you watch any cycling you'll see that the commissaires are referees
who keep everyone in order and make sure no rules are broken.
Monday, July 01, 2013
Steam Railways. Flying Scotsman.
Many
years ago I had a weekend job, working in the restaurant, at the Severn Valley
Railway, Bewdley. People used to come from all over the world to watch the
steam trains. Some even recorded them going chuff-chuff-chuff. If you know any
of these fanatics do let them know about my sister's e-book and the competition
she's running to win the featured set of stamps.
I asked Glynis Scrivens about her e-book. Here's what she says-
"2013
marks the 25th anniversary of the Tour Down Under by Flying Scotsman. It was
invited over to participate in steam train festivals organised as part of
Australia's bicentennial celebrations. To mark the occasion of the anniversary,
I've published an article about the tour of Australia, based on interviews with
the driver, David Rollins. David describes problems encountered on Australian
tracks, collisions with cars, and most importantly, the day when Flying
Scotsman entered the Guinness Book of Records for nonstop steam.
Readers
who leave a review on Amazon can enter a competition to win a mint set of four
stamps issued to commemorate this tour. A winner will be drawn on 16 October,
the day Flying Scotsman arrived in Sydney."
Do visit
Amazon to buy the book, or loan it. And do tell all those steam fans. Everyone
knows at least one. (Hi, Barry!)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flying-Scotsman-Down-Under-ebook/dp/B00DPRCYG8
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