Monthly Archives: March 2022

Dead women sell books

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Gary

Tonight we listened to Rosamund Lupton, Marina Palmer (aka Imogen Robertson) and Jacqueline Sutherland, all writers of published thrillers, discuss their processes and generally talk about the various things that makes their genre tick. It was our third session at … Continue reading →

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Weird alien shit going on

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Gary

I finished reading The Trauma Cleaner today. A book about an extraordinary woman in a profession I had no idea existed. It’s beautifully written by Sarah Krasnostein who provides an amazing biography of Sandra Pankhurst. Sandra’s life is chock full … Continue reading →

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Of witches and a mother of Kings

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Gary

At the age of 15, Annie Garthwaite decided to write a historical novel about Cecily Neville, Duchess of York and the mother of both King Edward IV and Richard III of England. After many years being a success in business, … Continue reading →

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Only a jaunty miniature poodle

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Gary

And the blog returned to being accessible at 13:11 this afternoon, having been out of commission for 22 hours. As usual, I had a message from the host people to say it was fixed and should be working. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Preventing egress

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Gary

The website went down today. I had a message from JetPack saying it was down from 16:16. This continued with messages telling me it was still down up until 15:00 when a database error stopped any further communication from JetPack. … Continue reading →

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Just keep writing

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Gary

Farnham is currently holding its first Literary Festival. Given Farnham’s craft credentials, I was surprised there’d never been one before. Still, it’s definitely a step in the right direction. And, when Mirinda found out about it (through me) she instantly … Continue reading →

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Carnage on the grass

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Gary

Tonight we celebrated the long awaited, sale of the cottage (see yesterday’s post). We went to Côte Brasserie, our current favourite Farnham restaurant, and ate like we were in France. As usual, the food, service and alcohol were all excellent. … Continue reading →

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Millstone relief

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Gary

On the day that Rodney Marsh, legendary Aussie wicket keeper, died, Shane Warne, aged only 52, had a heart attack and died as well. Early today, Warnie tweeted about Rod, 74 who had had a heart attack a few days … Continue reading →

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Unexpected race to the finish line

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Gary

I have started re-reading Catch 22 (for the millionth time), along with the other five books I’m currently reading. It’s purely coincidence that the lunatic in the Kremlin decided to go all batshit crazy on the democracy that is Ukraine. … Continue reading →

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Free cheese Wednesday

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Gary

I often say that I’ve never met a cheese that I didn’t like – which used to be true* – however, I have met a few cheeses that are better than others – Livarot for instance. Then there’s the strange … Continue reading →

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