Someday I am going to have time for all the writing I want to do, just for fun! As a reader, I love the fact that some of my favorite paranormal romance authors for adults have started releasing tie-in novellas written in the worlds of their series. I'm reading Thea Harrison's latest ("Hunter's Season") right now, and it's making me absolutely burn ( Read more... )

This has been a week spent in limbo as I've waited for different things. Most importantly and urgently, I'm waiting for MrD to get better. In the past 8 days, he's only been to school once, and that one time turned out to be a mistake. So, life for both me and Patrick is very much focused on looking after our sick little boy right now, with ( Read more... )

1. This week I managed to wait all the way until Thursday before I broke down and went back to Caffé Nero for my favorite addiction. I feel that I deserve a medal. Perhaps one in the shape of a Hot Chocolate Milano...although that might have the wrong effect on my willpower if I looked at it too much ( Read more... )

Poor MrD has been sick the last few days (nothing dangerous, just the usual kind of baby virus), so life has pretty much ground to a halt.. Between sheer exhaustion on all our parts, a cranky, sad toddler who needs full-on cuddles and attention, and the usual round of paranoid (and mostly unfounded) parent fears, I've been feeling lucky to manage ( Read more... )

Oof. In the last several days, our family has achieved epic new levels of sleeplessness, culminating in last night's Worst Session Ever. Add to that the fact that my body has reacted with a stern reminder that CFS Never Completely Goes Away (especially when exacerbated by lack of sleep and Doing More Things Than Are Sensible), and I'm feeling ( Read more... )

Huh. So, pregnant women in their 3rd trimesters are notorious for having strange, vivid dreams. Last night I had my most vivid and uncomfortable yet. It was one of those dreams that felt absolutely real, down to going through it in what felt exactly like real time - and, of all the things to go through in real time, I dreamed that I was going ( Read more... )

It almost feels like tempting Fate to admit this, but today has been one of those rare, wonderful, white-hot revision days. I am SO close to being done with this draft of Kat by Starlight, and it's making me tingle with anticipation. Today I stormed through logic problems that had been defeating me for the last few weeks, tied up character arcs, ( Read more... )

It's been sheeting down rain here, with chilly temperatures and gray skies, and in combination with my 3rd-trimester exhaustion, I've been seriously in need of a pick-me-up. So I am SO glad to have discovered Sarah Rees Brennan's hilarious "fairy tale" romance (with strong sarcastic finger quotes) An Old-Fashioned Unicorn's Guide to Courtship, ( Read more... )

...And we finally went to Bath! We took the train from Wales to Bath on Tuesday, and although - of course - we didn't have nearly enough time to spend there, it was a great day out. We planned to go to two different museums, the Roman Baths/Pump Room and No. 1 Royal Crescent (another Georgian townhouse), but the Baths & Pump Room ended up taking ( Read more... )

Today I'm acting on doctor's orders - or, at least, the strong advice of a good, smart friend, who ordered me to STOP reading pregnany/birth articles that freak me out and cuddle up with Maya and some Regency romances instead! Since I spent yesterday afternoon feeling horribly freaked out by some worst-case-scenario baby health stories I read ( Read more... )