It’s been more than four months since I last wrote a post for this blog. It seems like a lifetime ago because on the 27th February Nik and I welcomed our beautiful baby boy, Leonidas (Leo for short), into the
The Rather Fabulous TaDa Award!
It’s the beginning of award season with the Bafta nominations recently being announced and the Oscars just around the corner. In the blogging world the talented ReGi McClain decided to kick off 2014 with the TaDa Award and I was
A Very Merry Christmas WIPpet Wednesday
Merry Christmas everyone! I’ve cheated this week by actually writing this post in advance because right now I’m cooking our Christmas dinner and singing along to festive songs. It’s just Nik and I this year (plus Frodo and ‘bump’ of
Exciting Non-Writing Related News to Announce!
Many of you who follow my blog already know my happy news but I thought I would officially announce that Nik and I are expecting a baby in February! It’s taken just over four years to get to this point
The Versatile Blogger Award – Anniversary Special
On Wednesday the very talented Emily Witt of A Keyboard and an Open Mind awarded me The Versatile Blogger Award. So now it’s my turn to tell you a few things about myself and then pass on the award to
Woodsmoke – Thursday’s Children
Thursday’s Children – A weekly blog hop where writers come together to talk about whatever inspires them. Walking beneath the gatehouse at Ashton Court the other morning and smelling woodsmoke immediately conjured up images of days gone by, of draughty
5 Minutes With… Tom Frost
Straight up I have to tell you that Tom Frost is my brother, but he also happens to be a very talented print maker and illustrator making all kinds of magic with screen printing, vintage Meccano, wood and acrylic paint.
12/12/12
Tomorrow is the 12th December 2012, or the 12/12/12. A pretty special day in itself but for Nik and I it’s the 12th anniversary of when we got together. We met whilst working at Warner Village Cinemas (now Vue) in
Taking Time Out
Since reducing my hours by half at my ‘day job’ last November (it’s really an evening job as I work out-of-hours shifts), I get a lot more weekends off. After years of working unsocial shifts and often only having two