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November 28, 2018
#WriterWednesday - November 28th 2018
The work doesn't stop once you 'make it'. So, if you thought it would, you might want to rethink things a little.
On the other hand, your stories will outlive you, which is a nice thought. So give them all you've got, and give people something to take with them.
If, for whatever reason, you're struggling to get that writing time in, check out these secrets to jump start your writing. No. You don't have to write, but if you want to write that book you have inside of you, you should find a way to make sure you "want to" write.
There are all sorts of writing "rules" out there. Some good ones, some stupid ones. But, beyond the basic rules of grammar and such, you shouldn't always listen to one size fits all writing advice. Use common sense to figure out if something is a stupid writing rule, or great writing advice.
By the way, why do you write? Is it for the write reason? Only you can answer that question.
Regardless of your answer to the above question, are you struggling to figure out what to write about? If so, try one of these out of the box writing exercises and story starters.
Hey, have you ever wondered what happens to the stories that never get told? Are you wondering now? I know I am...
Do you outline? If you do - or if you just need a chuckle - check out these tips to writing outlines, which are both informative and entertaining.
Next, here's a great post that shows how the escalation of problems can increase the tension in your story, and help move it along. The tips are aimed at writing flash fiction, so will be especially useful if you do that. However, they can be applied to longer pieces of writing too.
However you approach your writing, and whether you write poetry or not, you should check out this fantastic post about how we can use tips from poetry to strengthen our prose, and then give it a go. You could use any kind of poetry, but I personally think form poetry would work best for this. Feel free to disagree though. What is form poetry? The post I just links to explains.
Here's an interesting post about attitude, and how you should try to be positive, pleasing, and optimistic.
Speaking of mental states: here are some thoughts on the challenge of putting mental illness in fiction, thoughts about the internal struggle of a hero, and tips to creating characters with mental illness, in case you were thinking of putting characters with those kinds of issues in your story.
Continuing with the theme of giving you advice about doing research properly, which you'll have noticed if you read the posts in the last paragraph, here are some tips on checking the facts in your fiction, which you may find useful.
Finally, here's why it's important to invest in yourself, in case you need that reminder.
On the other hand, your stories will outlive you, which is a nice thought. So give them all you've got, and give people something to take with them.
If, for whatever reason, you're struggling to get that writing time in, check out these secrets to jump start your writing. No. You don't have to write, but if you want to write that book you have inside of you, you should find a way to make sure you "want to" write.
If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
~Toni Morrison
There are all sorts of writing "rules" out there. Some good ones, some stupid ones. But, beyond the basic rules of grammar and such, you shouldn't always listen to one size fits all writing advice. Use common sense to figure out if something is a stupid writing rule, or great writing advice.
By the way, why do you write? Is it for the write reason? Only you can answer that question.
Regardless of your answer to the above question, are you struggling to figure out what to write about? If so, try one of these out of the box writing exercises and story starters.
Hey, have you ever wondered what happens to the stories that never get told? Are you wondering now? I know I am...
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
~John Steinbeck
Do you outline? If you do - or if you just need a chuckle - check out these tips to writing outlines, which are both informative and entertaining.
Next, here's a great post that shows how the escalation of problems can increase the tension in your story, and help move it along. The tips are aimed at writing flash fiction, so will be especially useful if you do that. However, they can be applied to longer pieces of writing too.
However you approach your writing, and whether you write poetry or not, you should check out this fantastic post about how we can use tips from poetry to strengthen our prose, and then give it a go. You could use any kind of poetry, but I personally think form poetry would work best for this. Feel free to disagree though. What is form poetry? The post I just links to explains.
Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.
~Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Here's an interesting post about attitude, and how you should try to be positive, pleasing, and optimistic.
Speaking of mental states: here are some thoughts on the challenge of putting mental illness in fiction, thoughts about the internal struggle of a hero, and tips to creating characters with mental illness, in case you were thinking of putting characters with those kinds of issues in your story.
Continuing with the theme of giving you advice about doing research properly, which you'll have noticed if you read the posts in the last paragraph, here are some tips on checking the facts in your fiction, which you may find useful.
I write only because There is a voice within me That will not be still.
~Sylvia Plath
Finally, here's why it's important to invest in yourself, in case you need that reminder.
November 27, 2018
#Mist Near The #Ocean, #Crafting, And Cushion Repair
It seems we've had several misty mornings and evenings recently. Kelly took the photos at the top of this post on November 16th. We've had plenty of frosty mornings and evenings too. Not to mention, the temperature has spent a lot of time not all that far above freezing. Still no snow though. Plenty of rain and wind. Even some hail. But no snow. At least, not in my area, though some parts of the UK have had some. If any of you who have been getting snow want to send some over to my place, please feel free to do so. Send as much as you like.
I forgot to mention that my November SewMine box arrived on my birthday. I'm certain they didn't plan that on purpose, but it was kind of cool that it happened. Anyway, November's kit is an owl sewing kit. I have an owl sewing kit I brought elsewhere too, but they're different. Not that I'd mind if they were the same, since I like owls anyhow. But I'm glad they're different.
My November box from Makerly arrived a few days later, which I also forgot to mention, even though it arrived during my birthday week (it arrived shortly before we were heading out on the Friday, so that was well timed). This month's kit for that is a robin needle felt kit. I'm going to work on that one once I've finished the Christmas mouse I'm currently working on, since I think it will be a nice addition to my Christmas decorations when it's done. I'm hoping to have it done by Christmas, but we'll see what actually ends up happening.
The Christmas mouse is coming along nicely, but not quite finished yet. The mouse himself is made. I'm just working on his outfit. There's a good chance he'll be finished in time for me to post a photo of him next week though. But don't hold me to that, just in case. There's a good chance, but I'm not making any promises.
There's progress with the table runner too. Just slower than planned, because of Kelly and I working on it together, and us both having other things we're working on. Luckily, we've got about 11 months before Halloween rolls around again. *wink*
Oh, and I ended up taking a bit of a break from doing the kits to mend a cushion cover. One of my Westie cushion covers, which are on the cushions that are on my chair in the livingroom, got a bit torn. I think Lilie caught it with her claws accidentally when she was playing. Probably one of the times she threw a bit of rawhide and it went down between the cushions, and she had to get it out. At least, it didn't look like her intentional chewing usually looks, so I'm pretty sure it was accidentally. I hope it was. Anyway, I fixed it, and it's luckily not in a place where it's obvious. Plus, people shouldn't be inspecting my cushions for darned places anyhow, and if they spot them should be glad I chose to repair it rather than throw it away. After all, you should always reuse, recycle, or repair, unless you really can't for some reason.
The only other thing I can think of that happened recently was two of the three birthday movies I'm owed showing up a couple of days ago. They were "Incredibles 2" and "Sherlock Gnomes" - just in case you're interested. There's one more to come, which probably won't be here for a couple of weeks yet, since I believe the official release date is December 10th. Oh, and I started Christmas shopping yesterday.
November 26, 2018
#MondayMotivation And #Inspiration - November 2018 Edition
Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.
~Alan Cohen
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
~Arnold Glasow
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
~Helen Keller
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
~JRR Tolkien
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...
~Marcus Aurelius
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
November 25, 2018
November 2018 #TV Talk And #Movie Mutterings - #AmWatching
Since I have a few new to me movies to mention, including the one I watched on my birthday, I thought I'd do a movie review post to get you caught up on what I've been watching lately. So, here it is.
I did watch other things besides what I'm reviewing today. I've watched the first series of "Ghost In The Shell" with Kelly, and watched some things I've seen in the past on TV, such as reruns of episodes of "Friends" and a variety of Christmas and Disney movies, which just happened to be on when I was looking for something to watch. But this post is really to do the reviews for the ones that were new to me. So, let's get on with that, shall we?
As with the previous posts like this one, just click on the titles to go to a page where you can find out more details about the movie or TV show in question; the title links will usually take you to a page on IMDB.
Don't forget: I watch things across multiple genres, as well as for different age ranges, so you should always check before viewing to make certain something is suitable for the intended audience, especially when children are involved. IMDB will usually provide this information for you, but you'll have to look elsewhere if you can't find it on the page I link to.
OK... On to the reviews!
Zombillénium (2017 movie):
I enjoyed this movie a lot. It was entertaining, and even had a few touching moments, especially in the second half. I also liked that it was a zombie movie where zombies are more than just dead people out for brains. Kelly and I watched this one together, and even he enjoyed it. Bearing in mind, he's not usually a big zombie fan. We watched it after seeing it listed on Sky Movies, and thinking it sounded interesting, and enjoyed it so much we plan on adding it to our DVD collection so we can have a copy among our collection of movies we consider good options for Halloween, or for general spooky movie nights. I give this movie five out of five stars.
Paddington (2014 movie):
I'd been dragging my feet about watching this one. I love the Paddington TV series I watched growing up, and doubted they could pull off a full length movie and have it be even half as good. But it was Paddington Bear, so I had to watch it. I'm glad I did, because I was wrong. They did pull it off. This movie was awesome! There were entertaining scenes, emotional scenes, and scenes that were a bit of both. Basically, this was just an all around fantastic movie, which I'm really glad I decided to watch after all. I recommend this movie. Also, I give this movie a well deserved five out of five stars.
Paddington 2 (2017 movie):
Having watched the first Paddington movie, I was eager to watch the sequel, and hoping for another sweet and entertaining movie. I was not disappointed. It was an absolutely fantastic movie! Yes, it was as good as the first one was. Like with the first Paddington movie, I highly recommend this movie, and give it a well deserved five out of five stars.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017 movie):
I watched this one with Kelly on my birthday. We both loved it. It was as good as - if not better than - the Jumanji movie from 1995. It was action-packed, and entertaining. We're both in agreement that it deserves a high rating. So... I give this movie five out of five stars.
I did watch other things besides what I'm reviewing today. I've watched the first series of "Ghost In The Shell" with Kelly, and watched some things I've seen in the past on TV, such as reruns of episodes of "Friends" and a variety of Christmas and Disney movies, which just happened to be on when I was looking for something to watch. But this post is really to do the reviews for the ones that were new to me. So, let's get on with that, shall we?
As with the previous posts like this one, just click on the titles to go to a page where you can find out more details about the movie or TV show in question; the title links will usually take you to a page on IMDB.
Don't forget: I watch things across multiple genres, as well as for different age ranges, so you should always check before viewing to make certain something is suitable for the intended audience, especially when children are involved. IMDB will usually provide this information for you, but you'll have to look elsewhere if you can't find it on the page I link to.
OK... On to the reviews!
Zombillénium (2017 movie):
I enjoyed this movie a lot. It was entertaining, and even had a few touching moments, especially in the second half. I also liked that it was a zombie movie where zombies are more than just dead people out for brains. Kelly and I watched this one together, and even he enjoyed it. Bearing in mind, he's not usually a big zombie fan. We watched it after seeing it listed on Sky Movies, and thinking it sounded interesting, and enjoyed it so much we plan on adding it to our DVD collection so we can have a copy among our collection of movies we consider good options for Halloween, or for general spooky movie nights. I give this movie five out of five stars.
Paddington (2014 movie):
I'd been dragging my feet about watching this one. I love the Paddington TV series I watched growing up, and doubted they could pull off a full length movie and have it be even half as good. But it was Paddington Bear, so I had to watch it. I'm glad I did, because I was wrong. They did pull it off. This movie was awesome! There were entertaining scenes, emotional scenes, and scenes that were a bit of both. Basically, this was just an all around fantastic movie, which I'm really glad I decided to watch after all. I recommend this movie. Also, I give this movie a well deserved five out of five stars.
Paddington 2 (2017 movie):
Having watched the first Paddington movie, I was eager to watch the sequel, and hoping for another sweet and entertaining movie. I was not disappointed. It was an absolutely fantastic movie! Yes, it was as good as the first one was. Like with the first Paddington movie, I highly recommend this movie, and give it a well deserved five out of five stars.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017 movie):
I watched this one with Kelly on my birthday. We both loved it. It was as good as - if not better than - the Jumanji movie from 1995. It was action-packed, and entertaining. We're both in agreement that it deserves a high rating. So... I give this movie five out of five stars.
November 23, 2018
#FurkidFriday: Joshua The #Degu's Confusion Over Box Related Activities
Hi everyone. This is Joshua the degu.
The human caretakers did something really weird. Even for them, I mean, since they're usually weird.
They started putting things in boxes a while back. We think putting things in boxes is weird, but I remember it happened before, and then my cage was moved about, and I was somewhere new. When the human caretakers started putting stuff in boxes this time, I figured that was what would happen again.
But it didn't.
I mean, my cage is now in a different spot to where it was before, but not like when the box thing happened last time.
They just left the stuff in boxes for a while, and then moved the boxes about. Then they moved some furniture around, before starting to take the stuff back out of the boxes again. What was the point of that?
It doesn't make sense. I've puzzled over it for ages, while watching them work, but I just can't figure out what the whole point of putting the stuff in boxes was. Did they think it would make moving things around easier? Or are they just getting more and more weird as time goes on? I really don't know, and I can't decide if I should be worried or not.
Squeak soon,
Joshua
The human caretakers did something really weird. Even for them, I mean, since they're usually weird.
They started putting things in boxes a while back. We think putting things in boxes is weird, but I remember it happened before, and then my cage was moved about, and I was somewhere new. When the human caretakers started putting stuff in boxes this time, I figured that was what would happen again.
But it didn't.
I mean, my cage is now in a different spot to where it was before, but not like when the box thing happened last time.
They just left the stuff in boxes for a while, and then moved the boxes about. Then they moved some furniture around, before starting to take the stuff back out of the boxes again. What was the point of that?
It doesn't make sense. I've puzzled over it for ages, while watching them work, but I just can't figure out what the whole point of putting the stuff in boxes was. Did they think it would make moving things around easier? Or are they just getting more and more weird as time goes on? I really don't know, and I can't decide if I should be worried or not.
Squeak soon,
Joshua
November 22, 2018
#FurkidFursday Special: Another Lilie The #Westie #Photo
Hi everyone.
It's Lilie the Westie here with another Fursday special, since I have a new photo of me again.
Daddy was playing with the flashy thing, and I was feeling left out, so I stood in his way and wouldn't move until he pointed it at me and got a photo. So, here's the photo:
Lots of licks,
Lilie
It's Lilie the Westie here with another Fursday special, since I have a new photo of me again.
Daddy was playing with the flashy thing, and I was feeling left out, so I stood in his way and wouldn't move until he pointed it at me and got a photo. So, here's the photo:
Lots of licks,
Lilie
November 21, 2018
#WriterWednesday - November 21st 2018
In case you missed my post about it from Sunday: "Yua And The Great Wizard Hunt" is now available in audio, narrated by Matt Jenkins. If you want to read about Yua the talking West Highland White Terrier, you can buy the audio version from Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. See Matt's website page for the book, or the post I just linked to, for purchase links. My post also contains details of places where you can buy the eBook or paperback version, if you happen to prefer either of those formats.
To find out more about Matt, check out his narrator interview (which I've posted the link to before) and this interview he did on reading for the talking newspapers.
Speaking of interviews: I participated in a couple of interviews recently. There's two of them. One is a blogger interview that went live on Friday November 16th, and the other is an author interview that went live on Monday November 19th. Just click on the links if you want to go check them out.
How's your own writing going? Are you remembering that sometimes you need to write small to bring your reader in to your story? Or, are you still trying to figure out how you know when enough is enough?
Either way, we'll need to know what your characters look like. So, check out this post on unveiling your character's physical description with style.
No matter what you're writing, or what kind of characters are in it, here are some tips for getting in a 10K day, in case you need to catch up on your writing goals a bit.
Although, having said that, if you haven't been writing as much as you think you should be lately, and feel guilty about it, here's why you feel guilty about not writing (and what to do about it).
Or, maybe it's time to start revising or editing your manuscript? Don't kill your darlings; shelve them. After all, just because something doesn't work for one story, doesn't mean it isn't any good at all.
OK. It's time to talk about marketing, and any of you who are children's authors like me will want to check out these ways to market children's books.
By the way, did you see that Smashwords unvailed a new book discovery interface? They've introduced a whole new way to find your next great read, which also means a whole new way for authors to get their books spotted in their store, and - hopefully - brought by potential new fans.
Now, here's a post about why you might want to give away free books, at least sometimes.
Finally, here's how to get the most out of your calls to action. Speaking of which: if you enjoyed this post, please share it aroung. Thanks!
To find out more about Matt, check out his narrator interview (which I've posted the link to before) and this interview he did on reading for the talking newspapers.
Speaking of interviews: I participated in a couple of interviews recently. There's two of them. One is a blogger interview that went live on Friday November 16th, and the other is an author interview that went live on Monday November 19th. Just click on the links if you want to go check them out.
How's your own writing going? Are you remembering that sometimes you need to write small to bring your reader in to your story? Or, are you still trying to figure out how you know when enough is enough?
Either way, we'll need to know what your characters look like. So, check out this post on unveiling your character's physical description with style.
No matter what you're writing, or what kind of characters are in it, here are some tips for getting in a 10K day, in case you need to catch up on your writing goals a bit.
Although, having said that, if you haven't been writing as much as you think you should be lately, and feel guilty about it, here's why you feel guilty about not writing (and what to do about it).
Or, maybe it's time to start revising or editing your manuscript? Don't kill your darlings; shelve them. After all, just because something doesn't work for one story, doesn't mean it isn't any good at all.
OK. It's time to talk about marketing, and any of you who are children's authors like me will want to check out these ways to market children's books.
By the way, did you see that Smashwords unvailed a new book discovery interface? They've introduced a whole new way to find your next great read, which also means a whole new way for authors to get their books spotted in their store, and - hopefully - brought by potential new fans.
Now, here's a post about why you might want to give away free books, at least sometimes.
Finally, here's how to get the most out of your calls to action. Speaking of which: if you enjoyed this post, please share it aroung. Thanks!
November 20, 2018
A Week Of Celebrating My Birthday
Technically, my birthday celebrations lasted most of the week, since I was fielding birthday messages, or doing something birthday velebration related, right up until the weekend.
Before I tell you about my birthday though, I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes last week. Every message was very much appreciated, and helped to make me feel special. So, as I said... Thank you!
Apart from all the wonderful birthday messages I got, I also got some money I'll probably end up spending on books and DVDs, a couple of presents, and a few cards. Kelly brought me the DVD of the 2017 Jumanji movie, so I had something from him and Lilie on the day (since, as you may remember, he brought me my new Kindle as an early birthday and Christmas present a few weeks back). Also, someone gave me the gift of buying some of my books on my birthday. That's a very good birthday present to give your favourite author, by the way... Just so you know.
Most of my family and friends don't bother with cards these days, but I had cards from Rita, my Grandma, my Dad, and my Nan (Grandma is my Mother's Mother, and Nan is my Father's Mother). Here are the cards:
My Dad made me a dragon model, which kind of reminds us of Spyro (from the Spyro game I used to play on the Playstation when I could still see) though it doesn't look exactly like Spyro. It's just close enough to Spyro that it reminds us of him. I'm still calling it Spyro though. Anyway, here it is:
Dad also made me a Baby Groote (a character from Guardians Of The Galaxy)...
"I am Groot!"
Plus, Dad made a new version of the braille D10 for me to test...
I tested the dice a bit between dealing with birthday messages on Facebook. It rolls better than the first ones, so it seems we're heading in the right direction with braille dice creation. YAY us!
My Mam got me a couple of DVDs that are due out about now. They're pre-ordered, and will come to me when they're actually released. So, I guess my birthday is technically still not over yet.
We were meant to go out for a birthday dinner on my actual birthday, but it got rescheduled. Instead, Kelly and I watched Jumanji while eating some of my birthday cake - a lemon drizzle cake - on Tuesday evening. I've got a movie reviews post going up on the weekend though, so I'll tell you about the movie then.
Wednesday and Thursday I finished my birthday cake (it was only a little cake) and dealt with more birthday messages and phone calls.
Friday was when I ended up having my birthday meal. The meal was rescheduled because Oscars couldn't do it after all. They aren't usually open on a Tuesday, but were going to open for me. But something came up that meant they couldn't, so my birthday dinner was rescheduled for the Friday after my birthday instead (this past Friday). I didn't mind though. Sometimes things just come up. It happens to us all, and can't be helped.
I'd originally planned to have my birthday meal as an evening meal, but asked for the afternoon instead when it was changed to Friday, since they didn't mind which I did, and I figured it would be quieter there on a Friday afternoon than evening. Not that things are too bad for people this time of year anyhow, since tourist season is over. But still. Friday nights are popular for people going out, and I prefer to go when less other people will be.
Not because of Lilie. Lilie would actually prefer us to go when there will be more people, since more people means more potential friends for her, and a higher chance of getting attention. It's me who prefers the quieter times. So, Friday afternoon it was, since it was me who got to make the choice, not Lilie. *wink*
It was worth the wait. Food from Oscars always is. At least, we think so. They made it even more so with a free dessert. I got to choose, and picked apple crumble with custard, since I love fruit crumble. I did offer Kelly to share it, and they provided utensils so he could. But he wouldn't. Said he was too full from dinner. I enjoyed it though.
I got a birthday card from them too...
Wasn't that nice? They were already my favourite place to eat, but now I'm even more glad I picked them for my birthday meal, since they made it a very special one.
So, that was my birthday week.
Before I end this, I want to direct your attention to a post that may be of interest to those of you who read blogs on your iPad or iPhone. It seems there are issues with Safari's privacy settings preventing you from commenting. The post explains, and also tells you how to resolve the issue.
Before I tell you about my birthday though, I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes last week. Every message was very much appreciated, and helped to make me feel special. So, as I said... Thank you!
Apart from all the wonderful birthday messages I got, I also got some money I'll probably end up spending on books and DVDs, a couple of presents, and a few cards. Kelly brought me the DVD of the 2017 Jumanji movie, so I had something from him and Lilie on the day (since, as you may remember, he brought me my new Kindle as an early birthday and Christmas present a few weeks back). Also, someone gave me the gift of buying some of my books on my birthday. That's a very good birthday present to give your favourite author, by the way... Just so you know.
Most of my family and friends don't bother with cards these days, but I had cards from Rita, my Grandma, my Dad, and my Nan (Grandma is my Mother's Mother, and Nan is my Father's Mother). Here are the cards:
My Dad made me a dragon model, which kind of reminds us of Spyro (from the Spyro game I used to play on the Playstation when I could still see) though it doesn't look exactly like Spyro. It's just close enough to Spyro that it reminds us of him. I'm still calling it Spyro though. Anyway, here it is:
Dad also made me a Baby Groote (a character from Guardians Of The Galaxy)...
"I am Groot!"
Plus, Dad made a new version of the braille D10 for me to test...
I tested the dice a bit between dealing with birthday messages on Facebook. It rolls better than the first ones, so it seems we're heading in the right direction with braille dice creation. YAY us!
My Mam got me a couple of DVDs that are due out about now. They're pre-ordered, and will come to me when they're actually released. So, I guess my birthday is technically still not over yet.
We were meant to go out for a birthday dinner on my actual birthday, but it got rescheduled. Instead, Kelly and I watched Jumanji while eating some of my birthday cake - a lemon drizzle cake - on Tuesday evening. I've got a movie reviews post going up on the weekend though, so I'll tell you about the movie then.
Wednesday and Thursday I finished my birthday cake (it was only a little cake) and dealt with more birthday messages and phone calls.
Friday was when I ended up having my birthday meal. The meal was rescheduled because Oscars couldn't do it after all. They aren't usually open on a Tuesday, but were going to open for me. But something came up that meant they couldn't, so my birthday dinner was rescheduled for the Friday after my birthday instead (this past Friday). I didn't mind though. Sometimes things just come up. It happens to us all, and can't be helped.
I'd originally planned to have my birthday meal as an evening meal, but asked for the afternoon instead when it was changed to Friday, since they didn't mind which I did, and I figured it would be quieter there on a Friday afternoon than evening. Not that things are too bad for people this time of year anyhow, since tourist season is over. But still. Friday nights are popular for people going out, and I prefer to go when less other people will be.
Not because of Lilie. Lilie would actually prefer us to go when there will be more people, since more people means more potential friends for her, and a higher chance of getting attention. It's me who prefers the quieter times. So, Friday afternoon it was, since it was me who got to make the choice, not Lilie. *wink*
It was worth the wait. Food from Oscars always is. At least, we think so. They made it even more so with a free dessert. I got to choose, and picked apple crumble with custard, since I love fruit crumble. I did offer Kelly to share it, and they provided utensils so he could. But he wouldn't. Said he was too full from dinner. I enjoyed it though.
I got a birthday card from them too...
Wasn't that nice? They were already my favourite place to eat, but now I'm even more glad I picked them for my birthday meal, since they made it a very special one.
So, that was my birthday week.
Before I end this, I want to direct your attention to a post that may be of interest to those of you who read blogs on your iPad or iPhone. It seems there are issues with Safari's privacy settings preventing you from commenting. The post explains, and also tells you how to resolve the issue.
November 19, 2018
#Music Monday: Savage Garden - Affirmation
Time for a little "Affirmation" from Savage Garden... Enjoy!
November 18, 2018
#KidLit #Fantasy #Book - Yua And The Great Wizard Hunt Now In #Audio! #Animals #Dogs #Westies #MgLit
When Yua the talking West Highland White Terrier fails to stop his master, Gwydion, from being wizardnapped, there’s nobody to help him look for his lost wizard. That is, until he meets Lattie; a small girl with a big heart, and a secret she didn’t even know she had.
Why was Gwydion wizardnapped? What is Lattie’s secret? Most importantly: can a small dog and a little girl answer these questions and rescue a wizard all by themselves?
Note: This book may not be suitable for younger readers.
Previously made available in eBook and paperback, “Yua And The Great Wizard Hunt" is now also available in audio, read for you by Matt Jenkins.
Regardless of which format you prefer, here are the main places where you can buy the book:
Audible, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Chapters-Indigo, iBooks, iTunes, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Canada, and The Book Depository.
The book also has a page on Goodreads.
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