SCBWI British Isles Retreat

Monday, 30 May 2011, 23:04 | Category : Uncategorized
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On Friday I set off with my friends Maureen Oakeley, Sue Hyams and Paolo Romeo and headed for Dunford House Conference Centre in West Sussex.  The journey was very smooth and we got there with plenty of time to spare.  We got seen to our rooms by some great smiling employees of the conference centre. [...]

This ‘n that

Friday, 20 May 2011, 12:02 | Category : Uncategorized
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This article about word-count came my way last night via my Twitter feed and I thought I’d share it.  Interesting and also surprising that aspiring writers are still struggling to figure out appropriate word-count what with all the information there is out there about it. I’ve polished my first four thousand words to be sent off to [...]

Paris in the sun

Monday, 2 May 2011, 23:51 | Category : Uncategorized
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We went to Paris for a few days last week.  It was gloriously sunny, although, admittedly I should have worn better shoes.  My feet were killing me by the end of the visit. So here are some random photos.     We walked loads and saw loads.  We took around eight / nine hundred photos. [...]