Kitchen Witching

Having the ceiling down in the kitchen and water leaking through the flat roof is not going to make for a terrific Samhain. However, it’s not raining right now and there’s enough wood in the garden for a decent fire. We have pumpkins, what more can you ask for?
Late last night the story I’ve been [...]

Busy Bee

Three days to go till I leave my job and there are suddenly a lot of things happening which I’ve been requesting for months, nay years! Oh joy. IT have decided that they do need to move all the databases off my clonky old computer and onto the main server after all. But wait, that’s [...]

Happy Birthday To Me!

Photos from my early morning present opening session (I have a ten-year-old with the patience of a gnat) will be online shortly (EDIT: see below). Presents: new digital camera (yay!), lovely hippy clothes, bottles of beer with strange names, a book (Longitude) and a little cat thing that is supposed to hold photos.
Card from my [...]

Last Chance to Listen

To my interview on BBC Radio Wales. As of tomorrow evening it’ll be wiped ready for the next show. I have finally managed to listen to it myself and noticed quite a few ‘ums’ which other people have not mentioned. But I do sound ‘relaxed and intelligent’ with ‘a pleasant radio voice’ so I’m pleased [...]

Me on the Radio

My bit on the Radio Wales Arts Show with Nicola Heywood Thomas went really well and I got lots of talk time! I even managed to get a plug in at the end for the new Legend scheme, ReadGeneration, because there was mention of young writers. Though I forgot the name of the scheme (I’d [...]

BBC Radio Interview

I’m going to be on the Arts Show on BBC Radio Wales, Thursday 2nd October at 6.30-7.00 (tomorrow evening). The show is presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas and the topic this week is storytelling. I’m going to be interviewed about my book and also take part in the discussion. Really looking forward to it. Hopefully [...]