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Bit of a Wobble

This morning I accidentally saw 1 star reviews on 2 of my audiobooks. Nevermind the 5 and 4 star reviews on my other books. What really hurts is seeing bad reviews! Also, I'd just finished listening to a Dean Koontz audiobook where the antagonist book critic was also a murderer of authors! So yeah, I was sad this morning.

Not absolutely gutted though, because I didn't read the 1 star reviews. And don't anyone go copy and pasting and sending me those bad reviews off audible. Because people have se...

This Month I'm 45

I've decided to write my next comedy science fiction novel to include the current pandemic and political unrest. I'm going to write it day by day to reflect what I've seen on the day. So my book will end up getting dated, I know. But there's no other way around it for my mind at the moment. My own family life and what's going on in the world, affects my writing, even if it's fiction.

No one knows how long the pandemic will carry on for, and at least this way I can have some form of documentation ...

Guest Post - These Lost & Broken Things by Helen Fields

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Maiden-Mother-Murderer

How dangerous is a woman with nothing left to lose?

The year is 1905. London is a playground for the rich and a death trap for the poor. When Sofia Logan’s husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her penniless with two young children, she knows she will do anything to keep them from the workhouse. But can she bring herself to murder? Even if she has done it before…

Emmet Vinsant, wealthy industrialist, offers Sofia a job in one of his gaming houses. He knows more abou...

My Books

I have to start by saying audiobooks are all the rage now. I love them. I only listen to audiobooks. It's because I write so much that I simply can't spare my eyeballs being used for reading other people's books. I still love enjoying other author's books though, so thankfully there are audiobooks! Some of my favourites are the Magic 2.0 series by Scott Meyer, any audiobooks by Tom Holt. Too bad not all of the Portable Door books are available as audiobooks! That's annoying.

I also enjoyed the...

Lockdown Day 22

This morning I woke up at 5am in a pool of sweat. I heard the heater so I ran downstairs to turn it off. But to my surprise it needed to be on because the outdoors temp was zero Celsius! I was like DAMN THAT'S FREEZING. Because it is. Zero degrees Celsius is the freezing point of water. FYI.

I can't believe the temperature drop. Just a few days ago it was so hot out we were able to put up our pool. Had to empty it the very next day though. Too cold. Proper April weather, but at least it's...

End of Two Week Lockdown

That post title may be misleading, what I mean to say is its been two weeks today since the start of the UK lockdown. I think Ive gone to Tesco once per week, and every time I go its changed. 
Today there was toilet tissue and paracetamol for the first time since this fiasco of a pandemic began! Although the meds were almost £2 for one box. Frikin rip off artists during a crisis.
Also, theyve set up a 1 in 1 out system for the whole store, and a one-way path inside. I kept forgetting to go...

FREE TO BLEED

Natural hair feels so freeing to me that it deserves to be blogged about.
I started treatment on my hair from the age of 13 years. And I went full out on it really. I started using Sun-In to lighten my hair, but it was the 80s so I also got a poodle perm! So Ive been chemically frying my hair for decades.
Over the years Ive gone from light to dark hair and have had many mishaps in between. One time I dyed my hair black, but my hair is really long, and I only had one box of hair dye, so I...

Everything is COVID-19

Any cold that's caught is immediately assumed to be Coronavirus. Well of course it is! We now live in troubled times and this is only the first week finished of homeschooling.

We went out for a walk on Thursday and by the evening my teenage daughter had a bad cold. Luckily just a cold, even though she's suffering with super runny nose and sore throat. But we've monitored her temperature daily, amongst other get-well remedies that have been put in place.
I got sick yesterday. Couldn't even eat...

Grocery Shopping During a Global Pandemic

I drive into the car park and pull my Ford Bmax into a space. For a moment I look around noticing there's hardly anyone there. The sun is setting on another clear sky day. Birds fly overhead in flocks and I swear there wasn't normally this many birds in the sky before the pandemic began.
Checking the shopping list I stall for the time I have to get myself out of the car. I look at the Alexa app on my phone and add the items to my main shopping list.
Finally, after snapping on a pair of...

Homeschooling Day 2 & Stuff

Firstly, Sorry about all the typos. Im having to dictate this blog entry into my phone
Things are going much better today, a much more calm day. Yesterday was crazy, trying to get all the websites from schools to work properly, which they were not.
Today were taking things much more slowly. Basically going at the kids pace. I am implementing breaks, exercise, chores, food prep, crafts, etc. But we just get to things in between alone time throughout the day in our own rooms. Thats important...