Gosh, the longest day! Soon be Midsummer’s Day . . . I know we don’t get out much, but we went to a party last night. It was actually to celebrate a certain milestone birthday of George’s uncle on his mum’s side but, by way of a bonus, George’s band (or, perhaps more accurately, one [...]
Now that the manuscript for How To Eat is with Orphans Press, there is presumably no excuse I can use for not reviving the diary and keeping it going. Over the last month, I was mentally making notes of anything of interest that I might put up on the diary, and promising myself at least [...]
Well, that must be the longest hiatus in the history of the Aspen House diary, but at long last I have shaken off that which was keeping me ‘otherwise engaged.’ I have finished the final draft of Book Two. The feeling is akin to the relief one might feel after being unshackled from a wild-eyed [...]