Books

A secret romance

18 December 2012

I’m on rations. But… before you start to imagine me foraging for food and water, the rationing to which I’m referring actually relates to reading fodder. Five books-a-week in my first three weeks here, meant that on fifteen occasions I was up past midnight*. Not an indictable offence when you’re not working I know, but [...]

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Erotica on the brain

4 November 2012

I woke up this morning with the idea for an erotic novel in my head. I don’t think I was in the throes of such a dream myself, cos… as it happens, the lead character in my novel idea is male. I’m reminded that I HAD planned to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) [...]

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Writing street cred

14 October 2012

I’m thinking of doing NaNoWriMo. I’ve done it before. Not successfully of course. But I did attempt it. And… it occurs to me that now is the perfect time to embark upon it again. For those not-in-the-know or thinking I’m speaking about martial arts or black magic, rest assured… I’m really not that edgy. NaNoWriMo, [...]

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50 shades too late

18 August 2012

I wasn’t initially going to bother writing about the book. After all, what on earth could I say that hasn’t been said already? But then I remembered this blog is ALL ABOUT ME. It’s the place where I share the thoughts pre-occupying my mind and acts as a virtual sounding-board, offering me a cathartic release [...]

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I might as well face it, I’m addicted

4 August 2012

There are all sorts of addictions and obsessions. Some good (being a clean freak), some bad (drug or alcohol addictions – or food related in my case) and some ugly (like those who eat weird shit – shoes, toilet paper and… well, in my mind, fruit!). Then there are some which are a bit of [...]

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Coming up trumps

12 May 2012

It’s no secret that I hate shopping… or rather, the act that requires me to physically go into stores and look for stuff. Online purchasing seems to be no problem, though thankfully my eBay habit lapsed a few years ago (and I have a lot of fabulous Nicola Waite outfits – which don’t quite fit [...]