it’s easier this way

 

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FREE STUFF. It rocks.

Darling Grace at Gracetopia is running a competition for a reader to win a signed copy of the fabulous Suzanne Young’s debut The Naughty List. A novel about cheerleader spies? Oh yes.

So get over there and tell her your Secret Agent Name.

the levi jean will always be stronger than the uzi

SUN!!

I got to swim properly for the first time this year. Took my chance in the brief flash of sun between the rain.

Also took Difficult Dog for his first walk not around my garden. Went better than expected so I think he’ll settle into it.

I’m about 7k into the new book, it’s dumb as fuck [...]

Tuesday Teaser? Hmmm.

I’m in the mood for a tuesday teaser, only…it’s Wednesday.

I am such a rebel.

From the new super-sekrit project:

The tram hurtles on through the night, until finally we level out. At the third stop I hop off, wave a fake-cheery goodbye to Marietta, and trot down the darkened street to my flat. There’s a small pizzaria [...]

She shoots, she scores!

A wonderful writer friend of mine, after much rewriting, hand-wringing, revising, querying and general hard work, has scored herself a fabulous agent.

Elissa has signed with Sarah Davies of Greenhouse, so go over to her blog and read about it and say congrats!

Ruthlessly pursuing ravens

Eeeh the chances of my new netbook arriving sometime this week just shot up by about 98%.

*rubs hands together in glee*

Also, the official first pass of the new book is underway.

It’s just note-taking and grammar/spelling straightening at the moment, but it gives me hope that I won’t abandon this one.

I still haven’t written the climax. [...]

Review: Let The Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist

I saw the film; loved it, loved the fragmentary glimpses that we get hinting at Eli’s background, the levels and layers to the sexuality of vampires, playing with the tropes, but also embracing them in a way that was utterly affectionate and not a parody at all.

So I decided [...]

well it has dead pig in it….

Spar was alarmingly short on meat – no trotters, alas (although there was a rack of chicken feet left, but I dunno if I’m ready to go there yet) – so I’ve gone with making pozole instead.

Because I am a good parent, I decided not to use the flesh of my enemy prisoners children, and [...]

om nom nom?

In a not really a resolution resolution, i decided last night that I am going to try one new meal a week.

And yes, not all are going to be vegetarian, sadly, but I’ll live.

So this week’s recipe is going to be trotters and beans.

Also, the meals have to be pretty cheap to make as we [...]