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As well as my personal blog here, you can also read my Twitterverse blog for HELLO! Magazine here.
Winner of Tweet Treats competition
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Tweet Treats competition by leaving a comment on the blog post. We’ve picked a winner… drum-roll please… congratulations to Londiniensis. A signed copy of Tweet Treats by Jane Travers will be winging...
Tweet Treats – it’s finally here!
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. IF YOU DISLIKE GUSHINESS, STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER NOW! ALSO, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I WILL NOT BE THIS NICE AGAIN! It’s no secret that I love twitter. Now there...
My hero – a truly inspiring lady!
Tonight I sat watching The Pride of Britain Awards and I’m sure I wasn’t alone in blubbing my way through the whole thing. Awards were presented to brave people who put their lives on the line to save others, children...
Results Not Typical – by Catherine Ryan Howard
Today I’m hosting my very first guest post. And who better to be my first but Catherine Ryan Howard. Catherine is a 29-year-old writer, blogger and enthusiastic coffee-drinker. She currently lives in Cork, Ireland, where she divides her time between...
A step closer to my dream!
I don’t usually write posts about my writing journey. Actually, I seem to remember somebody telling me that if I ever used the word ‘journey’, they wouldn’t read. So, just to be clear, that is not what this is about....
May we never forget
This day ten years ago we all watched on in horror as events unfolded in New York. I cried all day that day. But my tears were for a number of reasons. As the towers were coming down, I was...
Rules of school
Those of you who follow me on twitter may have been part of ‘The Great Earring Debate’ during the summer. This involved my fourteen year old son and his desire to have his ear pierced. My initial reaction to his...
Oh happy days!
Well hello there! Remember me? I’m the girl who used to actually write stuff on here. Unfortunately, I seem to have thrown too many balls up into the air and something had to give. I was going to write a...
Fairies on the booze!
As most of you know, I write books and stuff, mainly aimed at adults. But do you know about my secret passion? Would it surprise you if I said it’s fairies?? Now by that, I mean the ‘fly around fairland...
The Lost Boys
Yesterday was a day of ups and downs, laughter and tears… and me screaming like a frenzied fishwife on top of a hill! But more about that later. Since I was a little girl, Easter has always been my favourite...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness week and I find it very disturbing to learn that a staggering 1.6 million people in the UK and over 200,000 in Ireland are affected by this condition. I watched a very...
Happy New Year!
Well it’s about time I paid some attention to this poor neglected blog! As some of you may know, I’ve had a busy few months. I’ve been finishing my novel, which is now with my agent, and I’ve been interviewing for hellomagazine.com...