Things I'm lusting after…December edition
While I'm in revision and pre-Christmas work craziness...a selection of the desirable things whirring around my brain: 1. More hours in the day (for writing, for spinning, for knitting, for sleeping, for...everything really) 2. Fibre (of the spinning kind) 3. A DSLR...
November contest winner
Sorry, this is a bit late but the winner of the November contest is Tez Miller, so Tez, email me and I'll get the book out to you! Given that December is the month of much craziness, not to mention revision finishing, which may yet equal not a lot of blogging, I'm...
A study in orange
We were talking about bucket lists/life lists at my crit group yesterday, which got me thinking about some of the things I want to do. Learn more about photography is one of them (along with buy a digital SLR). But given I've just paid for cat palaces and a new...
Random numbers
The inside of my head goes something like this at the moment.... Raining! Cold! Work! Revisions! Christmas! Holy crap, it's December! Orange cat is meowing again! Cat palace! Garden! Raining! Sunny! Work! Revisions! Sleepy! Spinning is cool! Hot! Cold! Orange cat!...
It’s good to be a cat!
When my little Jessie girl passed away, I decided any new kitten needed to be a mostly indoor kitty. Jessie never went beyond my backyard and the orange cat limits himself to the front porch and the backyard but a young frisky cat might want to roam. Because I don't...
Numbers
I think the year has officially reached the completely-crazy-lead-up-to-christmas part where the to-do list and social things and the year's goals and a thousand other things start to form a hectic sort of tangle to conquer before it's time for time off. see more...
Princesses
I watched The Young Victoria last night, which is something I've wanted to see for ages and really, I have no idea why I didn't get to it when it was in cinemas. I really enjoyed it even though it's bittersweet to think Prince Albert died fairly young and Victoria...
In other news
Shadow Kin's publication date has moved to September 2011 (which will make a nice birthday present for me). So we'll all just have to be patient a few more months. Hopefully I'll have a cover to share soon!
October contest winner
The winner of The Perils of Pleasure is Cyndie! Cyndie contact me on my website address or via twitter and I'll get the book to you!
November contest
Another month has zoomed by and quite frankly, I'm more than happy to see the back of October which was not the best month ever in Mel land. Hopefully November will be onwards and upwards. I'm learning to spin on a spinning wheel this month and am trying to get stuck...
