***NB – this blog has been written with a very large slice of Tongue In Cheek. And Indeed – By a Lassie Of The North…*** Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire. It’s all that we ever hear these days. I think that it’s about time that we had a full and frank commentary in relation to the damned […]
Be Enterprising. But don’t be Too Literal …
My day job involves fostering enterprise and ethical trading. Meaning that yesterday, I was all smiles when I saw a few of the locals in Addingham selling food and drink over their garden walls – to the thousands of people who have descended upon Yorkshire for the first leg of the Tour de France here. […]
David and Victoria Beckham. See you over the Cornflakes. Okay?
We are currently holed-up in a (‘well-posh’) caravan. Here in the Yorkshire Dales. We come to this wee hidey-hole very often. And this weekend we are up for a double treat. Because the Tour de France is heading – literally – past the end of our lane. Twice! On Saturday 5th and then again on […]
The only thing GRIM is the humour …
Very nice to see my mugshot and book cover in the biggest and bestselling mag for anyone in the UK who writes – ‘Writing Magazine.’ Wa-hey! The title of the article was ‘It’s not so grim up north’ and this got me to thinking about why we associate the North with being ‘grim’ anyway. Personally, […]
WUDE WORDS FOR WORLD BOOK DAY
Everyone in our house enjoys World Book Day. Even more so this year! The 5 year old’s school requested him to dress up as a character from his favourite book (disappointing me somewhat…I was hoping that he wanted to go as something rather literary, rather serious – such as Aslan the Lion, but no….bloody Spiderman. […]
The Book Has Left The Building…
It’s finally up there for people to buy. My first fiction book. You can find it on Amazon here. I allowed myself a small, self-indulgent moment when the first dribblings of tweets and publicity trails arrived. I felt good about the fact that I’m honestly not out to make money from this book. It’s always […]