Category Life
I will hunt you down
A particular song currently being played on the radio has weaselled its catchy little way into my brain – Maria Carey in a a fluffy number called Touch my Body. It presents the usual gubbins R&B lyrics… ‘I’ll treat you like a teddy bear, you won’t wanna go nowhere’‘I want you to caress me, like […]
Corporate Giant in Bullying Shocker
No one likes a bully and when a corporate giant gets headlines like this from Publishing Weekly – ‘Amazon to Force POD Publishers to Use BookSurge’ – you have to wonder what is going on. The nub of the story according to PW is that Amazon.com is forcing print on demand publishers to use its […]
Just done a spell check on something I am writing to discover Birkenstocks comes up as laughing stock. To be fair it should’ve been Crocs – the devils shoes. Also cringingly (which I’m not sure is really a ‘word’) came up as carol singer Aint that a kick in the head?
Calling all submissions
I have been submiting a lot lately; pieces for publication in literary magazines, climbing websites, sample blogs for freelance work and even after a big deep breath the first three chapters of my book to a publishers. I have totted up the my total submissions and my success rate is not looking good. But the […]
Educating Sita
‘Hello, 4K. My name’s Catherine. You know Lynne – she was here this morning and that,’ she says pointing to me,’ is Jenny.’ ‘Good afternoon, Catherine, good afternoon Lynne,’ they sing song. One tall boy, with a gold stud in one ear turns and peels a paper football off the wall next to him. The, […]
Jen S. Wight 