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Nineties Child

I've been on a nineties kick lately. I re-discovered some of my old diaries from when I was a teenager living in Bountiful, Utah, USA. I'm basically fictionalising my teen life now, starting with the very short story Jude. 

The last book I released had a very long title, because it actually happened to me, back when I was a teenager. So I'm going with this long-title theme with my next Young Adult publication, as well. I'll reveal the title now, but not the cover just yet.

So here it is:

Ti...

THAT NIGHT HER CAR ENGINE LIT ON FIRE; And Then She Shot Heroin into Her Leg

The year was 1991 and it was Angela's sweet sixteenth. Not very sweet exactly though, considering the fact that she wasn't getting any presents, or a party. Angela was determined to make a birthday party for herself! And she was convinced alcohol was the best way to do that. So she sought out an older "friend" who was over the age of twenty-one. WAY over aged. The woman was in her thirties and she was a sad sack. As lame as they come, Mary was. But if Angela could get her to buy some vodka, t...

New Blog

My new blog is on my website: https://notes4suz.wixsite.com/korbsuz/blog

Christmas 2018 New Year 2019

Well this past holiday season made me fat (ter). Yes, fatter than I already was.

When I started Slimming World in 2016. God that's ages ago now! Anyway, I weighed 16 stone back then. I lost 5 stone in as many months, so I weighed 10.7 stone as of July 2017. After that fateful month I started piling the pounds back on. I've done SW here and there, but haven't fully got back on the "diet" wagon.

I don't like saying Slimming World is dieting, even though it is. Today I realised I can google syns i...

((sigh))

I'm fed up with myself. AGAIN.

As of 27th July 2016 my heaviest weight was 16 stone. The day I stepped on the scale and saw that massively high number, was the day I decided I would never see one more digit higher. And I won that battle of the bulge. I joined Slimming World. I ate right. Stayed on my feet. Sweated all throughout the day. I lost 5 stone in as many months doing that.

By the following July 2017, I weighed 10.5 stone. I went to London with a friend to see my eldest daughter's art e...

Slimming World Winter Weekly Menu 1

Day 1

Breakfast: Banana Porridge
Lunch: eggs and beans
Dinner: spag bol

Day 2

Breakfast: Alpen Light bar
Lunch: chicken salad
Dinner: steak with asparaus and long stem broccoli

Day 3

Breakfast: bacon and eggs
Lunch: sliced beef and salad sandwich
Dinner: chicken fajitas with rice

Day 4

Breakfast: blueberry porridge
Lunch: soup and bread
Dinner: pizza

Day 5

Breakfast: pancakes
Lunch: soup and Nimble bread
Dinner: carbonara with spinach

Day 6

Breakfast: fry up
Lunch: toastie sandwich
Dinner: jacket potato with toppin...

Books Like Mine!

Here’s some links to books that are similar in genre to my own on Amazon...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Teen+comedy+horror+novel
Similar to my teen books...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Magical+teen+adventure+&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3AMagical+teen+adventure+
Similar to Superstellar...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=T...

My Life Is Perfect

I'm happy. I'm 43 years old and on this day I've achieved the perfection of utter* happiness in my life.

And will I leave this blog post at that? Of course not! There's obviously REASONS for my happiness, and the 100% claim? Well that comes with asterisks, of course. lol

Basically right, my life is perfection in what I do, who I am, and the people I love, etc. I'm a writer. An author. A publisher. I run a book shop. I have hilarious children. I have an amazing partner.

Life is perfect right now....

White Socks Flash

One day in the year 2002 I walked out of the house onto Worcester Road, in Malvern.

"Oh no!" I exclaimed to my husband. "I'm wearing white socks, I forgot to change them!"

My husband scraped an exasperated hand down his face. "Dear God what is wrong with you, Suz? White socks flash. Go change them this instant!"

At that precise moment, something dawned on me. I was about to cower, do whatever he said for fear I was being dumb. But that was the thing. I always felt dumb around my ex. Yes, back in...

Butt Hurt

My butt actually hurts. I'm not talking about being butt-hurt by the other definition. I mean my bottom is actually sore from sitting 3 days on it. See, the thing is, my children have been at their dad's this week for half term break, so I have loads of extra time to myself. And do you know what I've done with this time?

I've published and written. I've formatted book interiors, I've designed covers. I started NaNoWriMo yesterday and I actually wrote more fiction words today! So that's wh...