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Wednesday 4 February 2026: Thursday & Friday

Thursday I had a really bad start to the day on Thursday. A pain in my side woke me up at around 2:30am and it took some time to get…

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Tuesday 3 February 2026: Hello, February!

I ummed and ahhed a bit about February’s workload and whether or not to include some new short stories. I knew I was already committed to one (12 stories in…

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Monday 2 February 2026: Publication Day!

It’s publication day today for my standalone SHORT STORY Deadly Deeds in Morecambe Bay. The story, featuring Mavis Braithwaite, also appears in Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. You can buy…

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Friday 30 January 2026: January wrap-up

I got the January schedule pretty much spot on, but then I didn’t have a lot of spare time in which to do any extras.  I didn’t quite get the…

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Thursday 29 January 2026: I finished a short story

Woke up yesterday to a big blue sky, sunshine, and frost. The rain seemed a distant memory, until I went out later and saw the aftermath of some of the…

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Wednesday 28 January 2026: Busy day

We had a bit of a rough night after Storm Chandra made landfall. America freezes and the United Kingdom floods! Is Australia on fire? The worst of the rain hasn’t…

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Tuesday 27 January 2026: Rant alert…

Friday began with another trip to the hospital. My appointment was slightly later this time, due to the appointments confusion now remedied. But that meant I could have my full…

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Book Review: Last to Die by Doug Sinclair

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Last to Die by Doug Sinclair. Book 2 in the DS Malkie McCulloch…

0 126  2 Comments on Friday 23 January 2026: eReading and eReaders
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Friday 23 January 2026: eReading and eReaders

And there were are. Friday already. Again. At least it’s still January! I forgot to mention in yesterday’s blog post, but as I was on my way out to the…

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Thursday 22 January 2026: Exercising my driving muscle

I had a much better night on Tuesday. The puppy let me sleep until 5am! Yay! When I got up a bit later and opened the living room curtains, the…

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Wednesday 21 January 2026: Roof man here

I had to get up early yesterday because the roof man was apparently coming. He’d warned it was weather-dependent and as it hasn’t really stopped raining (or snowing for a…

0 125  2 Comments on Tuesday 20 January 2026: Weekend catch-up
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Tuesday 20 January 2026: Weekend catch-up

Grab yourself a cuppa and pull up a chair… Friday Because my appointments at the hospital had been messed up, Friday’s appointment was quite early in the morning. The poet…

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Monday 19 January 2026: Publication Day!

It’s publication day today for my standalone SHORT STORY A Day at the Races.  The story, featuring Marcie Craig, also appears in Words Worth Reading: Issue Six.  You can buy…

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Friday 16 January 2026: Late again…

I had another disturbed night on Wednesday, but this time it was just me waking myself up, coughing. For the most part, everyone ignored me, but I did have to…

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Thursday 15 January 2026: Um, rabbit hole, anyone?

I had a lot of work planned for yesterday. I had a short story to outline. I had a workshop to revise. I had a book to edit. And I…

0 165  3 Comments on Wednesday 14 January 2026: Steady work
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Wednesday 14 January 2026: Steady work

So yesterday I was bragging a bit about neither of us feeling particular blue because our respective football (soccer) teams both won in the FA Cup round at the weekend….

0 163  2 Comments on Tuesday 13 January 2026: Blue Monday?
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Tuesday 13 January 2026: Blue Monday?

I had a bit of a cough all last week but by Friday evening it was starting to be a bit more. By Saturday morning I was barking like a…

0 163  2 Comments on Monday 12 January 2026: Appointment mess
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Monday 12 January 2026: Appointment mess

Friday morning meant another trip to Rotherham for another light therapy session. Because it seems to be working, I wanted to find out what would happen if we stopped at…

0 167  2 Comments on Friday 9 January 2026: Friday already
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Friday 9 January 2026: Friday already

I managed to catch up on quite a lot yesterday, which is good because there was a lot I didn’t do on Wednesday. The day started well with both dogs…

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Thursday 8 January 2026: Rabbit holes…

Wednesday began a little later than it should have done due to the dogs having us up a few times in the night. Puppy has had a touch of the…

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Wednesday 7 January 2026: Automatic ball machine

Although, technically, I had 3 weeks off over Christmas, for the first week I worked, as previously mentioned. That gave us 2 weeks for the actual holiday. However, we didn’t…

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Tuesday 6 January 2026: Hello, January!

Soooo, I’m still attending light therapy treatment 3 times a week, so that’s still dictating a lot of my working week at the moment.  One job that will now drop…

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Monday 5 January 2026: Publication Day!

It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. In this issue: Short Story: A Day at the Races, featuring Marcie Craig Short Story: Valentine’s Date Complete…

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Friday 2 January 2025: December wrap-up!

I’m not going to do a wrap-up for 2025 this year. Most of you have all already seen it all anyway and I don’t want to bore anyone. Here, though,…