Have you noticed? My blog has a brand new name: VelvetEthics. I’m rather pleased with it, I must confess. Big thanks to my website designer for her skill and for patient tweaking. So, it’s Christmas Eve. I’ve been immersed in the editing of Remember Remember this week – a brain-splitting session with my courageous editor [...]
Are you crammed full with festive feelings? Singing as you drape the tinsel? Or are you struggling to remember where you put the list of freezer-foods you absolutely must buy before Aunt Maud descends in five-and-a-quarter hours time? Or going crazy with wee Tommy’s repeated demands to know how many times he’s got to clean [...]
If I were to compose a list of my most frequently asked questions, close to the top would come: Are you a full-time writer? Hmmm. No short answer to that. But ‘part-time’ can sound amateurish; ‘occasional’ smacks of no serious intent; ‘full-time’ is a big claim. So what am I? I don’t have any other [...]
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Thursday: blog-day. I try to listen to Question Time on Thursdays too so if I haven’t posted my blog by then, the sight of David Dimbleby prompts me. But this week I’ll be far away visiting my disabled mother, so I’m leaving a message for DJ to post on my behalf. If you’re reading this, [...]