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- I’m a working mum and, dare I say it, a writer!!! Whoopee. I work in the financial services industry, my dream to pursue a career in the arts having been put on hold by early marriage (which came with a mortgage as well as a man attached!), until I found an outlet in writing.
I’ve now been writing for a rather long time (ahem) and I live in the small town of Droitwich in the UK, where I strive to stop my witty son typing – THE END – halfway through my manuscripts and to keep up with the demands of my three rescue dogs, one of which only has three legs, which is quite sad…for me that is. The dog can’t count!
- Favorite Books:
- Thin Ice - Liana Laverentz
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- Amazon, Borders, W H Smith, Waterstone's, efictionwise, CTR
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Slides, Anyone?
I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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Yes, the confidence thing is so important, and is the first thng we work on when we have a new arrival. It can take a bit of time, but we've been lucky with all of our little pack of rescues int hat they've all responded to love, positive training and a lot of patience. Tilly is probably the best example of what can be done with a previously unwanted and abandoned dog, with her agility and search and rescue work and flyball all giving her lots to do and the chance to show how intelligent she is. She also acts a s a 'mother hen' to all the other dogs, and is really just an amazing little girl.
Best as ever
Brian
Just found you rmessage, it's on your own site, but I do that a lot with forgetting the 'comment back' button.
I love the dogs. Max is a bit like a long-legged version of our Penny. They are all gorgeous and cute and bring out the 'ah' factor in everyone. I'm sorry you lost poor Sadie. I have felt that loss too often with my own dogs in the past, so I know how you must have felt. Snoops is terrific and cheeky looking too. Does his blindness affect his life an awful lot? It's really great to find another dog rescuer on a site like this, and I hope we can talk more. Tilly is great at agility and flyball and is a great little search & rescue dog now as well, which proves just how intelligent and valuable a little rescue dog can be.
I'm glad you like my site, and thanks for taking the time to drop in and look at my work.
Rescue Dogs Rule!
Warmest regards
Brian
I love your doggies. Poor Tilly. No-one wants to play ball! Sadly, I lost Sadie, my three legged girl, as short while back. She had cancer when I had her, but the operation to remove the limb was a gamble that paid off. She had three wonderful years (that is, I did!) afterwards. She was one happy bunny. Little Snoops, my JR was rescued by the police, but not before he was blinded, bless. He's a happy chappy, now, and feisty, as a JR should be. I ADORE you site. Really, impressive. Going to have a wee shop later!
Hey Charlotte,I've just noticed that you have 3 rescue dogs. Well done you!! We have six rescues, a Bedlingotn Terrier, a Bedlington Cross, a Cairn/Westie Cross, a Westie, a Parson Russell terrier, and a Jack Russell Terrier, and you can see their photos on my page at The Book Marketing Network, http://bookmarket.ning.com/profile/BrianLPorter
It's great to find another dog rescuer on the network. We're dog mad, (my wife does dog grooming, and I'm an avid trainer of our dogs and me and Tilly, out little rescue superstar do agility, flyball and Search & Rescue work, (well, when I say we, I should say Tilly does it all really).
Best regards again, and I'd love to hear about your 'pack'.
Brian
Thanks for your kind comments on my blog post. I'm glad you anjoyed tha article (which was almost as hard to write as the book...lol).
Best regards
Brian
A minor detail but your website would have a dot after www instead of a comma. You sound like an upbeat lady. Best to you, Bruce