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You will be pleased to hear I have opened HOD for the first time in ages and done a little editing and arranging ready to hopefully start work on it tomorrow maybe.I downloaded a new hypnosis programme yesterday for 1 dollar end writers block the sale has been extended for today too, so if there were programmes you have been hanging your nose over now is the time to buy - all the programmes are available for a dollar each!
I will be listening to it later when the house is quiet and I am on my own and hopefully it will help motivate me to finishing HOD!
Sharon wrote: "Woohoo, HOD and what about GOD?"I'm taking Hod to the end first then I'll think about GOD, maybe that will be one I start in the new house. I promised I would tile the bathrooms where needed and paint the walls. I have some wicked stencils for the walls - French wallpaper is naff so stencilling is the best option and I got the paints and the stencils at knockdown Noz prices.
If I had ShazzyLoulou's talent I would paint a mural but I don't - so not a chance of that one.
MorningStill coughing, I am so fed up of this! Sophie is better today, she started itching last night and had a rash I wonder if she is allergic to crabsticks - her father was allergic to crayfish. I am not going to buy any more not worth taking the risk.
I had a reply from the Douane they blame the delivery agents so I contacted Amazon again and they are refunding my money in full.
Lol watch the doll turn up now!
Morning,If the doll turns up, sophie gets a free crimbo present - lol
Sharon wrote: "Morning,If the doll turns up, sophie gets a free crimbo present - lol"
Looks like it! I had a problem with a book before and ended up with two the same!
I still have no consultants in till next week, so clearing out all the crap that I no longer need and if I get it done, my attempt some writing for the first time in ages - lol
Sharon wrote: "Lets hope it arrives lol"Yes, it will make up for the Morgan doll whose leg fell off 4 days after Christmas and because I left the packaging in Normandy the shop won't accept responsibility nor will they refund my money! Okay so it was only 10 Euros but Sophie is once again disappointed! It cost me a new Barbie on Monday! Alain say's I'm to soft with her! Says he who when she goes with him to the bar where they sell lottery tickets she always comes back with the latest Horsey magazine at 5 Euros whereas I always say no to that.
Sounds like you are both as bad as one another - lol
Sharon wrote: "I still have no consultants in till next week, so clearing out all the crap that I no longer need and if I get it done, my attempt some writing for the first time in ages - lol"It's a pity they didn't let you have the time off too! Did you take a look at the hypnosis sale?
I still haven't listened to unlocking writers block yet, it's hard to concentrate on stuff when you're coughing your socks off! I read through the last few chapters of HOD to re acquaint myself with any loose ends I need to tie up. I re worded bits but on the whole I was pleased with what I read, and surprised too its pretty good even though I say so myself!
Jo said two people have read TBL and loved it and are hanging in mid air wanting to know what happens next. Jo told them I had written the sequel.... I started it and then decided to wait and see if people liked the first before wasting my time with a sequel...
Typical, I have all these ideas and now I don't know which to do first.
Write what you are edging to write and where you feel your heart leading you to.
Sharon wrote: "Write what you are edging to write and where you feel your heart leading you to."Lol well that would be all of them then! Though people who have read TBL could pick up Take 3 Blondes and recognise some of the charactersfrom TBL and the same for GOD Arabella, Sammi, Erika and Serena all have their arts to play in GOD. I'm working on the same principals as Jilly Cooper used with her books.
Sharon wrote: "Sounds like you are both as bad as one another - lol"Yes Sophie has the measure of both of us and what mummy says no to my soon to be new daddy won't! Pity she doesn't have a grandma then she would always get what she wanted because Grandma never says no! As Leon has worked out - Jo said no to sweets so Grandma bought him some -- bad grandma! I bought him some mice from lidle and they gave me an idea for a birthday cake for him hickory dickory dock cake!
How cool. My nan used to have this plate which said, if mother says no ask grandma! So perfect for you - lol
I remember reading this on a matchbox:- If mummy says no ask daddy - if daddy says no ask Grandma!
I am a daddy's girl, 99% of the time I get what I want when I ask my dad - lol
Sharon wrote: "I am a daddy's girl, 99% of the time I get what I want when I ask my dad - lol"I'm an independant 100% of the time I allow myself what I want! Mum died when Christopher was 10 and Dad died just before we moved to France so I indulge myself now and Sophie too. Life's too short! La Poste has just arrived with Sophies Trionimos from Jo and Herve. It was cheaper to buy them in England and pay the postage than buy them here.
Still no sign of Cloetta!
Sharon wrote: "Morning all,"Morning
Grey and miserable here again today but at least for now its dry though the weather forecast is for rain later.
Still coughing but feeling a bit better at least I got a bit of sleep last night. How's Monster feeling today?
He still feels and looks like crap. Just not getting any better at the moment. At least it is quite dry here at the moment.
Sharon wrote: "He still feels and looks like crap. Just not getting any better at the moment. At least it is quite dry here at the moment."Has he got the flu or Sophie's problems? Because it could be food poisoning if its not settling down, more than likely Salmonella try giving him lots of Cranberry juice and get some Cranberry capsules if that's the problem.
If not Goji, or Acerola or Pomegranate extract - anti-oxidants all high in vitamin C.
No it is definitely not food poisoning. It is that norvo virus that has been going around, mixed with the flu.
Sharon wrote: "No it is definitely not food poisoning. It is that norvo virus that has been going around, mixed with the flu."Then definitely get him to try the cranberry juice and give him one of the others for a month at least to build his resistance up.
Cranberry destroys e-coli bacteria and Salmonella bacteria too so who is to say it won't work on the Norvo virus. It certainly won't do him any harm to try it.
I am popping to boots at lunchtime anyway so can pick up some bits then.
Sharon wrote: "I am popping to boots at lunchtime anyway so can pick up some bits then."Do they have a health foods bit in boots? If he has spasms passiflora is good at calming muscle spasms, caused from coughing and retching and IBS too. It will relax him so he can get a good nights sleep too.
If I were you I would take the cranberry tablets as a form of prevention against coming down with the bug!
I just heard from my friend in Hong Kong - he had curried mince pies now that doesn't appeal or make me want to rush out and buy them!
Though he wants the recipe for the stuffed cupcakes, he so wants to try those!
Trisha wrote: "Hello all"Morning Trisha, Happy New Year.
Trisha wrote: "Happy new year"Thanks, now all I need is for it to get better, I finished the old year coughing and started the new in the same fashion!
How did your family like their home made gifts. My Barbie clothes went down well, I have more to make and when I feel well again I will start on a new batch.
Morning Trisha and happy new year to you.
afternoon! happy new year to everyone!any resolutions?
Happy New Year Eva, Only to read more and hopefully write more (there is always the dieting as well). How about you?
Well i have it in my head that since the new bridget jones is coming out this year, all pubishers are going to be on the hunt of chick lit (like they did with 50 shades)so I'm working really hard to get this novel finished and edited by august...hopefully
Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Happy new year"Thanks, now all I need is for it to get better, I finished the old year coughing and started the new in the same fashion!
How did your family like their home made g..."
They loved them
what about you Trisha, what's your new years resolution?
Eva wrote: "afternoon! happy new year to everyone!any resolutions?"
To stop coughing is my first and maybe try to lose some weight and finish HOD and then start the next I have a choice of 3 to pick from. GOD, Take 3 Blondes and Almost Perfect - the last two are chick lit too. Happy New Year to you too Eva!
Just had a nice stew for lunch that stuck to the ribs! And I had a lovely bunch of flowers from Alain!
I am making a chicken broth/stew tonight for dinner and hopefully my dying partner will feel better.
Eva wrote: "what about you Trisha, what's your new years resolution?"Just to write and all that goes with trying to get published
What's the two chick lit about?I was wanting to ask you, if you read about someone becoming a cosmetic suffragette, what do you think it means?
Eva wrote: "What's the two chick lit about?I was wanting to ask you, if you read about someone becoming a cosmetic suffragette, what do you think it means?"
I would think it meant someone who was standing up for their rights to have cosmetic surgery, to do with their body as they wished! The word suffrage meaning the right to vote.
And the two Chick lits one is take three blondes which the first few chapters are on my writing and Almost perfect which is the second book in the trilogy, the first being The Thin Blue Line which takes up the story with Daniel and Sarah jetting off to a new life in America, followed closely by Robert Martin in disguise as a catholic priest Father Raoul Martinez he was the baddie in TBL who convinced Daniel he was his real father, and who kidnapped Jean Marie.
Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "What's the two chick lit about?I was wanting to ask you, if you read about someone becoming a cosmetic suffragette, what do you think it means?"
I would think it meant someone who was..."
really? Hw would you discrive smeone that will not wear makeup?
I really want to read TBl.
Eva wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "What's the two chick lit about?I was wanting to ask you, if you read about someone becoming a cosmetic suffragette, what do you think it means?"
I would think it meant s..."
Is she allergic to make up or just against the use of make up because of the testing on animals or what?
Lol I just googled it and got this response - an arrogant moaning minnie! Apparently some woman journalist called the poor girl who got sacked from Harrods for not wearing make-up an 'arrogant moaning minnie' and another journalist took umbridge because she thought people had the right to choose what they slapped on their skin not their bosses!
They would have no hope with me I can't wear make-up as I am allergic to it - within minutes I start itching and rub the stuff around my face leaving me looking like a human Panda!
So I think you will have to refer to her maybe as an activist or just use the Human Panda quote if you want.
And as soon as I feel a bit better and Sophie is back at school I will start the ball rolling to put it onto Createspace - I want to do a re-read because jo found a couple of printing errors and I want to make sure they aren't ones I missed and add a prologue and sort out a new cover -
Sharon wrote: "I am making a chicken broth/stew tonight for dinner and hopefully my dying partner will feel better."Lets hope so, did you get him some cranberry juice? It is noted that testing on humans is required in one report but that in primates cranberry juice produces antiviral properties when ingested by monkeys with a stomach virus! I take it these are lab animals.
I tried it on Sophie and it worked and I have tried it too and felt better.
Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "What's the two chick lit about?I was wanting to ask you, if you read about someone becoming a cosmetic suffragette, what do you think it means?"
I would thin..."
It was for a woman (a mum) that doesn't have time for make up or can't be bothered.
Createspace is for paperbacks, if you are going to get an ebook I heard that smashwords is much easier to formate than KDP (kindle) appart that if you publish through smashwords, it's more than just kindle but for all the other ebooks. I've downloaded a book with instructions, I'll send it to you.
Hey everyone, I need some help so hopefully one of you guys can help me xD I am doing a twist on The Wizard of Oz where a new girl goes to Oz and instead of (Like Wendy) goes home she ends up actually staying in Oz. I need a name for her and really can't come up with one.
Hi everyone,a new year and a new start. Yesterday i went to Longleat and had a grest day. The lions had cubs. I have never seen so much action from big cats. They put on such a show we watched for ages. One of the female lions climbed a tree and hung about in the branches. A bit worrying as I always thought that if i came accross a lion i would climb the nearest tree. The second pack was just play fighting all over the place.
Whilst there i realised I had made a mistake in the book that Emme is editing. In the book i mention snowy owls flying from a barn. This was wrong it would have been barn owls. I had taken the event from a real incident and because they were white had assumed they were snowy owls. It's so easy to get small details wrong when writing.
From Monday I plan to get back to some serious writing, or at least some writing. gonna have some xxx in next book, should be fun.
What are everyone elses plans for 2013?
As of Monday i am going to get back to some serious writing
Whilst there i realised I had made a mistake in the book that Emme is editing. In the book i mention snowy owls flying from a barn. This was wrong it would have been barn owls. I had taken the event from a real incident and because they were white had assumed they were snowy owls. It's so easy to get small details wrong when writing.
From Monday I plan to get back to some serious writing, or at least some writing. gonna have some xxx in next book, should be fun.
What are everyone elses plans for 2013?
As of Monday i am going to get back to some serious writing
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Oh dear, what has said doggie been eating?"
Nah she didn't reply to the last one either but I know if I text her she will ring immediately and I really can't be arsed to talk to her.
And said doggie is a gannet and will eat anything that isn't nailed or stuck down! He has freshly cooked beef as does Eclair almost every day, I keep a couple of tins of dogfood in for emergency and I have only the best quality dog biscuits. So not a clue what's making him stinky!
I think a second cup of coffee is called for before I trawl the net looking for recipes for crab meat - I took a pack of crab claws from the freezer Monday and they were still frozen yesterday I put them in the fridge to defrost - I never take chances with seafood.
I'm thinking crab cakes though I would love to make crab soup but I think it would be only me eating it which would be a waste though saying that I think mother would join me so I'll think about it.