With all the talk of Wimbledon and grass (a very important subject if you’re a Wimbledon player, official, or fan), I thought I would post about a very different form of lawn.
If you think “The Camomile Lawn” is the title of a book by Mary Wesley, you’d be right. Out of her novels, it’s my [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Walk with Fragrance
Posted in Britain, Sharon Bidwell, life on June 29, 2009 | 10 Comments »
UK writer’s conference
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The UK isn’t a particularly friendly place when it comes to small press published and independantly published authors. All the book fairs are by invitation only, and you only get an invitation if you’re already a celebrity.
So, we thought we would try to start up our own little con. Start small and grow sustainably [...]
Grass!
Posted in Britain, Fiona Glass, History, life on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Talking of the green, green grass of Wimbledon, there’s a fascinating blog post about lawns, their history and their uses at Mark Easton’s blog on the BBC Website. It seemed too appropriate not to pass it on!
Anyone for tennis?
Posted in Britain, Sport, TV, events on June 22, 2009 | 8 Comments »
It’s that time of year again: strawberries, rain, athletic young folk leaping about in whites, and the gentle thwack of balls. Tennis balls, that is. Yup, Wimbledon is here again. Two weeks of joy for tennis fans, two weeks of fuming and searching the tv listings for *anything* that isn’t tennis for those of a [...]
Hello and wobbe gwain ev?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged accents, characters, dialogue on June 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
‘Hell is other people’. Of course it is. And that’s not me being existential (although I subscribe totally to that view of the world and especially that interpretation of identity and social interaction), it’s just me stating the obvious. We’re judged by how we look and what we wear. And I’m not just bemoaning the [...]
“Kissed by a Rose” – Contemporary Erotic Romance Novel – Released Today
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My Latest novel, Kissed by a Rose, has hit the virtual bookshelves, priced at $6. At ninety-thousand words long, it’s my longest to date and, if I do say so myself, my best. (Well, I would say that, wouldn’t I?)
Kissed by a Rose is the story of an ordinary student, Adam Smith, [...]
