Nicola Marsh's Blog, page 75
February 9, 2011
Guitars & sexy guys
Ta da!Hot off the press, my cover for SEX, GOSSIP AND ROCK & ROLL out in May in the UK.
What do you think?
February 8, 2011
Give me strength
Yesterday wasn't great.
When I lost a filling last week it reminded me to make an appointment for kidlet's dental check up.
News at the check up was horrific: I heard her mention kid's root canal and silver capping and 2 other fillings...then there was the braces he'll need later and I almost passed out.
Plus she made me feel like a bad mum, with a mini lecture on 'hidden' sugars. Hel-lo. I know all about that. My kids have a super healthy diet with minimal treats. Sweetest thing they would have all day is their cereal, which I'm changing!
When she mentioned saliva problems being a possible cause and seeing an ENT specialist, my eyes almost rolled back in my head.
Then I came home to continuing dramas with finding missing tax documents, only to be told if I can't find then it'll cost me hundreds of dollars.
On top of PC keyboard packing up and unable to connect new screen, I was ready to curl up in a ball last night.
Hopefully today is a better day!
When I lost a filling last week it reminded me to make an appointment for kidlet's dental check up.
News at the check up was horrific: I heard her mention kid's root canal and silver capping and 2 other fillings...then there was the braces he'll need later and I almost passed out.
Plus she made me feel like a bad mum, with a mini lecture on 'hidden' sugars. Hel-lo. I know all about that. My kids have a super healthy diet with minimal treats. Sweetest thing they would have all day is their cereal, which I'm changing!
When she mentioned saliva problems being a possible cause and seeing an ENT specialist, my eyes almost rolled back in my head.
Then I came home to continuing dramas with finding missing tax documents, only to be told if I can't find then it'll cost me hundreds of dollars.
On top of PC keyboard packing up and unable to connect new screen, I was ready to curl up in a ball last night.
Hopefully today is a better day!
February 7, 2011
Passionate Playboys
I have no idea which book of mine is being reprinted in this anthology in May yet.But with a cover like that, at the moment, I don't really care.
Mm-mmm...
February 6, 2011
Suburban wakeboarding
Saturday morning: 4 doors away, our street was a river.Complete with eels, blah!
And yes, that's a pic of our neighbour wakeboarding down our street after floodwaters receded.
Crazy weather!
February 4, 2011
Cyclone Yasi's tail
Last night, it was Melbourne's turn to face flash flooding.
The tail end of Cyclone Yasi lashed us with high winds and torrential rain.
We had a nervous wait with our pool 1mm away from overflowing and flooding.
Now I've woken to our street looking like this about 4 houses away. (this isn't our street but in Camberwell, a busy shopping district.) Full story here.
It's lovely living near waterways...until stuff like this happens!
Stay safe Melburnians!
The tail end of Cyclone Yasi lashed us with high winds and torrential rain.
We had a nervous wait with our pool 1mm away from overflowing and flooding.
Now I've woken to our street looking like this about 4 houses away. (this isn't our street but in Camberwell, a busy shopping district.) Full story here.
It's lovely living near waterways...until stuff like this happens!
Stay safe Melburnians!
February 3, 2011
Flying fingers
Typed the final scene for THE HIGH LIFE last night.
35K words in 10 days.
Book in a month.
Does it sound corny if I say I owe it all to this guy?
Great inspiration!
35K words in 10 days.
Book in a month.
Does it sound corny if I say I owe it all to this guy?
Great inspiration!
February 2, 2011
Doing the rounds
DESERTED ISLAND, DREAMY EX is doing the world rounds at the moment.Now it's in Italy!
February 1, 2011
Release day in OZ
If you're in OZ & NZ, DESERTED ISLAND, DREAMY EX! is out now on shelves. We've just finished the OZ Tennis Open here in Melbourne so hot tennis pro hero is very timely.Go check out my version!
January 31, 2011
Killer story ideas
Love, love, love this post by Larry Brooks at
StoryFix
, ATTACK OF THE KILLER STORY IDEAS.
Every writer will relate.
And it'll make you smile.
Every writer will relate.
And it'll make you smile.
