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Word 10 Tables – how to add, multiply and percent

This is going to be another one of those frustration fueled posts, so apologies in advance. I’ve literally just spent all day trying to work out how to do simple sums in the Word tables function [for my training course assignment]. After so much effort I just had to share. Hope this helps some other […]

No Regrets – another flash fiction story

“Look out!” I cried as I upended the table in Valentin’s face. The heavy cast iron seemed to float through the air, as light as a feather, but I wasn’t paying it any attention. In that timeless moment of extreme stress my mind was busy ticking things off my internal to-do list. Shield Valentin with […]

2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens – a review

I first stumbled onto ‘Midnight at Spanish Gardens’ on a book review site, and was so intrigued I had to buy it there and then.  Now on with the review. Written by Alma Alexander, Midnight at Spanish Gardens is not the kind of story that fits neatly into a pigeon hole. The writing is beautiful, […]

Tic [toc] – A clickable Table of Contents!

It’s almost midnight but I finally did it! Vokhtah now has a proper Table of Contents right at the front – and you don’t have to use the awkward Kindle Go-to function to see it or use it. To explain why this is making me so happy I have to backtrack a little to a […]

Frog gives Vokhtah 1.5 out of 4

Some weeks back, I sent Vokhtah off to a reviewer called Frog. I’d found Frog on Goodreads, and was impressed with his reviews. In fact, I was so impressed with one of those reviews I bought the book and really loved it. So I respected Frog’s reviews before sending Vokhtah off, and I still do. […]

Sliding Past Vertical – new release by Laurie Boris

Sliding Past Vertical is the fourth novel released by my favourite indie author, Laurie Boris, and I can hardly wait to get stuck into it. Just to jog your memories, Laurie is the author of : The Joke’s on Me Drawing Breath Don’t Tell Anyone If you’ve read my reviews of her earlier novels you […]

Stepping outside my comfort zone #2 with My Gentleman Vampire

In Stepping Outside my Comfort Zone #1, I dipped into First Chapters, and found a sophisticated YA novel. This time round, I overcame my dislike of all things sparkly to read the first chapter of a vampire novel like no other. Imagine you come home one day and find a gorgeous man in your kitchen. […]

Hugh Howey interview

I am a huge Hugh Howey fan. I’m also 3/4 of the way through Dust. What else could I blog about on a Saturday morning but an interview with one of my favourite science fiction authors? Um, that was a rhetorical… So without further ado, here is the link to a fascinating interview with an […]

Allergic to my Life

No, I don’t suffer from anything worse than a bit of hayfever every now and then, but my friend Kathryn Chastain Treat has become allergic to virtually everything we take for granted in our modern world. Kathryn’s fight to banish allergens from her life – so she can have a life – has filled me […]

A taste of dystopia

Well, that was fun…not. The Daughter and I have just had six hours of being without power, and it was kind of scary, not because of any intrinsic danger [there was none], but because we were forced to acknowledge just how much we rely on power from the grid. The most obvious thing that hit […]