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Jack’s Mum (my podcast)- Episode 12: Getting a toddler ready for Christmas
- Episode 11: After Covid we're getting on with things
- Episode 10: Covid Is Still Ruining My Plans after Freedom Day
- Episode 9: How Covid Can Still Ruin Your Plans
- Episode 8: Swimming, nursery, sickness, and Covid testing
- Episode 7: Taking a Toddler Out and About
- Episode 6: Self-Care
- Episode 5: Nursery
- Episode 4: Eating
- Episode 3: Sleep
- Medium
- Reflections on my first year as an Avon Representative
- I’m obsessed with Build-A-Bear and I need help
- Making plans after a couple of uncertain years
- One of many posts about The Beastie Boys
- Do I Really Have a Book Inside of Me?
- On losing our last Golden Girl
- Don’t Look Up – a dark comedy with so much more
- How to start 2022 with writing goals
- 2021 Year in Review
- Vinted App Pros (and lots of) Cons
Category Archives: Publishing
An Update on Halloween’s Eve
It’s been a slow couple of weeks. Jack got sick last Sunday. It was a cold coupled with throwing up, so I spent a few nights holding him a lot and trying to get him some rest. Luckily, he’s feeling … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Baby Pick, Books, family, Library, Publishing, Writing
Tagged 2020, Halloween
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The Picks in The Wirral, the beginning of summer, and blogging more often
It’s with a heavy heart that I write this post. We lost my mother-in-law, the head of the Pick family, last week. We saw her over Easter and she wasn’t well, then soon after, she was diagnosed with terminal liver … Continue reading
Posted in #Year42, All About Me, blogging, family, Library, Publishing, School, Travel, Writing
Tagged apprenticeship, blogging, family, library, management, publishing, The Wirral
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Writing and publishing goals for the New Year
Now that I’ve been working in libraries for a few months, I’ve come to a strange conclusion about books – there are a lot of them, but only some really popular ones. In our library, the authors who move the … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Library, Publishing, Writing
Tagged creative writing, self-publishing, smashwords, Wattpad
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Four more sleeps until Christmas
For the first time in a long time, I’ll be working the week of Christmas. I have Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (Christmas Eve) to make my appearance at the library. Luckily the agency staff all got a couple of extra … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Employment, Library, Publishing, Writing
Tagged editing, holiays, librarian
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Being busy and being productive
Busy. We’re all busy. We feel guilty if we’re not busy, but we have to pace ourselves. Now that I’m working full time, I’ve decided that I do want it all – work and writing. But I work late hours … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Employment, Exercise, Publishing, Writing
Tagged busy, creative writing, goals, word count, work
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The Tales of Missus P. 