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What’s Up?

So this weekend Jax and Izzy are going to the Pawfect Pooch Birthday Party to help celebrate AND raise some money for NISTBR. They are going to be selling kisses - buy 1, get 1000 free! - between noon and two! We’re also going to get a fancy portrait done of Izzy.

I feel the judgement! It may be coming from inside the house :D Thing is there was only space left! And I have loads of awesome photos of my beautiful boy, but Izzy has second child photography going on. She’s a beautiful little bean, but Jax photobombs a lot of photo opportunities.

So what the hell, eh? Might as well get a really nice portrait of her to go up with all the ones of Jax.

I am honestly considering just doing a Writing Staffie newsletter :D But it will have to wait until I’m a bit less busy!

Writing news…

I’m writing! Waiting for an edit. I have done some really nice practice covers and might be trying out some new things with those in the near future!

I am starting to believe in the UK Meet! GRL I’m still a bit ‘what a beautiful fairytale!’ apart.

Pupdate of the Week

Jax is feeling much better this week! Still taking it slow until I’m sure his belly is settled now he’s off his meds. Izzy has taken to lying on him and cleaning his ears.

She also enjoys a good walk in the rain. At least, she had every expection that she would until we did. Now she doesn’t plan to try it again.

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Lela May Wight @LelaMayWightI've been off the grid for a little while, and came home to my dreams waiting for me. *Sobs* It's a book. A real book!!! Thank you so much @cellisharlequin @MillsandBoon @HarlequinBooks for making my dreams come true! ♥️

May 17th 2022

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I still remember how ridiculously excited I was the first time I got a hard copy of my book. I think my friend Penn still has the picture of me rolling around on a bed with them.

Free Audio Chapter of the Week

'Late Shift' by TA Moore is a Night Shift short story and a prequel to Shift Less. Find out more about who Kit Marlow was before he joined the Night Shift, and how he became the man Cade Deacon gets to meet in the books! Chapter Four up now!

Written by TA Moore
Narrated by Michael Fell

Listen Now

If you prefer to read rather than listen, you can get Late Shift in mobi and epub on the website.

The complete Night Shift series is available on Audible, also narrated by the awesome Michael Fell.

Shout Out of the Week

I’m gonna say it, if you aren’t watching Derry Girls…what the hell?!?

#DerryGirls finale taking us from uncontrollable laughter to uncontrollable tears in the space of a minute 💔 ","username":"Channel4","name":"Channel 4","date":"Tue May 17 20:38:00 +0000 2022","photos":[{"img_url":"https://res.cloudinary.com/hhsslviub/... Twitter avatar for @Channel4

Channel 4 @Channel4#DerryGirls finale taking us from uncontrollable laughter to uncontrollable tears in the space of a minute 💔

May 17th 2022

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This is my favourite episode. My family, you know, kicked with the other foot, but we still did this because my Grandad couldn’t be having it with flute bands. That year I composed and sang sad dirges about dead fishermen and mermaids (bearing in my mind, I’m kinda tone deaf) he couldn’t be having that either. But we’d pile in the car early on the 12th and head for down South instead. I still remember watching to see if the soldiers DID find anyone in a car boot.

Also I made Rhys and Jenn Moffatt watch it while I was over. They had to have subtitles on.

I LOOOVE Axolotls. I would absolutely have tanks of them if I had the expertise, patience, time, and know how to take care of them. They are just so…goofy water dragons.

Ethan "Moistly Harmless on Zoop" Kocak @BlackmudpuppyJust $762 more and I will have to do full color for MOISTLY HARMLESS. Like a genie compelled to grant wishes or Beetlejuice or something. What was I talking about? Oh right. Buy my book.

Moistly Harmless: How to Appreciate Newts and SalamandersAn educational comic book by NYT Bestselling Cartoonist (and amphibian enthusiast) Ethan Kocak. The finished version of this softcover book will be around 100 pages, 6.625 x 10.25″zoop.gg

May 16th 2022

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I have no idea who’ll come out ahead LEGALLY in this, but I like Jack and their messaging so I hope they do. They wiped the floor with Katie Hopkins in a similar situation, so fingers crossed.

More seriously I can’t think of anything more emblematic of the problems with our current government that the fact that faced with negative analysis of their policies and decisions they attack the critic, not address the criticism.

‘People are literally dying because they can’t afford to eat.’

‘Yeah, well, you have expensive socks.’

Anyhow, good luck to Jack. They are good people.

Jack Monroe @BootstrapCookWrote a thing about all of this.

What’s The Difference Between Jack Monroe Suggesting Budget Recipes, And A Tory MP?It didn’t start with a Jan Moir article in the Daily Mail a couple of days ago, but it could have done. Ironically, my first forays into political protest started with a Jan Moir article in the Dai…cookingonabootstrap.com

May 12th 2022

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What? Seriously, WHAT?

Deb Spence @debswildartAnd it’s finished! This was a huge challenge as I wanted to create the stainless steel effect with only pastel pencils.Pastel pencils on Pastlemat.

May 14th 2022

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Whaaaaat?

Oh c’mon. Admit it’s a thing. I don’t BELIEVE in wishing anyone harm (and having fallen and hurt myself SIGNIFICANTLY - there’s a bruise - recently, I do always wonder if it’s karmic payback for this. Yes, i know that’s not how karma works. ANYHOW, I don’t think you should celebrate anyone’s death, but some of these people only immediate family will cry for.

Elizabeth preorder The Origin of Storms! Bear 🇺🇦 @matociqualaThe Reverse Betty White: The disappointment of noticing some son-of-a-bitch is trending and clicking through to discover they're not dead.

May 17th 2022

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I remain unconvinced Liz Truss knows what the Good Friday Agreement is. She probably thinks it’s something to do with chocolate eggs. And sorry to be so political this week. I’ll get back to just random weird trash! This is just…let’s not go back.

Maybe we could make her watch Derry Girls?