An author's blog and general musings on weighty issues such as, 'how closely must my breakfast cereal resemble dust before I can open a new packet..?'.
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King. The trouble with having pretensions of being a writer is a) you'll probably starve if you give up the day job and b) you just don't get time to read books. I … Continue reading Book ’em Danno!
Much to my utter, utter, utter, utter (is that too many? No, you can never have to many utters), utter disgust, I am having to change my book cover. Again. Before I launch into my rant (I’m ramping up as we speak), I apologise as I’d promised I wouldn’t talk about writing books … Continue reading Cover Me, I’m Going In!
Believe it or not, I attended a gig the other night. Yes, me. At a gig. I've said it before and I'll say it again (namely in 'Why I Say No to Glasto!'), I don't actually like live music. Unless the musician can almost identically replicate the album, then I'm not up for it. What … Continue reading You Know You’re Getting Too Old When…
Hazzah! It was the first anniversary of the launching of my blog two days ago (I'm doing an awful lot of anniversary posts lately, note to self; must cut back on that. Hey-ho)! Anyway, where's my present? Oh, I see...it's like that, is it? Well, we'll talk about the lack of gift issue later. But … Continue reading Happy Blog-Day to Me!
By the time you read this, I'll be on my way to have a diagnostic procedure at my local treatment centre. I know, on a freakin' Saturday morning! What a way to write off a day. Don't worry, dear reader, I'm as healthy (or strong) as an ox. But as you may know from … Continue reading For Dear Life
This may not have come across during the discourse of my blog posts, but I am naturally shy by nature. Well, sort of. When I write, I can throw off the burdensome mantle of meekness and divulge the true contents of my personality, but that isn’t always the case in day-to-day life. I come … Continue reading Push the Button
The 25th January 2016 is the first anniversary of the date I self-published my début novel, International Relations (I should be writing this post on Monday, but nobody reads blogs on Mondays, something to do with having a job? I know, selfish. So...here we are...on a Saturday). Anyhoo, I thought to myself, do I really want to … Continue reading One-Trick Pony
My family and I are seriously considering visiting Germany for our summer holiday this year. I have never been but have long wanted to go since taking German for GCSE at school. The family with whom our daughter lived with last year for her German exchange trip have very kindly invited us to stay. So … Continue reading Lost in Translation
A year in your life is a pretty long time. It would be difficult to dismiss 365 days as an entirely crappy year, or adversely, a completely brilliant period of time. I don’t really know why we do this; await the eve of a new year to try to assess how we have progressed … Continue reading How Was It For You (2015)?
Bah humbug! I’m only kidding. I kind of like the Christmas season on the whole when it rolls around (as it has again). Or at least I enjoy it from the perspective of my children who are so über excited that they have been counting down the ‘sleeps’ since the beginning of December. … Continue reading Joyful and Triumphant…
Adele Archer Writes 