As a New Zealand author, I’m afraid I’m a bit of a trial to my editors. I keep slipping Kiwi speak into my manuscripts, mainly the contemporary and paranormal ones. When I get my edits back there are comments about “head scratching” and lots of question marks. Here...
Writers spend a lot of time waiting for decisions from editors, agents, publishers. Hurry up and wait. I’m not very good at waiting. Just saying, but patience or impatience makes a good topic for a Thursday Thirteen. Thirteen Proverbs About Patience 1. Patience is a...
A few nights ago one of the news items on television was about the new tube diet that is sweeping America. It sounded pretty gross to me, but it did give me an idea for this weeks Thursday Thirteen. Thirteen Fad Diets 1. Grapefruit diet – a low-carb diet featuring...
When my husband and I worked and lived in London, we weren’t very far from the Chelsea Physic Garden. In hindsight, I wish we’d visited this historical garden, which was founded by The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in 1673. Next time we make it to London, it’s...
When I first started traveling most people didn’t know much about my home country. Once the Lord of Rings movies came out everyone suddenly knew more about New Zealand. But there’s more to New Zealand than gorgeous scenery. We have produced some very interesting and...
Since it was Valentine’s Day this week I thought a list of endearments would be the perfect topic for my TT. Thirteen Endearments 1. Love/lover 2. Sweetheart 3. Darling 4. Dear 5. Honey 6. Babe/Baby 7. Sugar 8. Sweetpea 9. Sweetie/Sweet 10. Doll/dollface 11. Cutie 12....
A notice before I get to my Thursday Thirteen: I’m visiting Chris Redding and talking about writing plus my upcoming release Cat Burglar in Training. Hubby went fishing last weekend, and he rang to tell me about the shark he caught. He was fishing in the Hauraki Gulf...
This week my husband and I, plus several of the other drivers on one of our local roads, had to stop for about twenty geese to cross the road. This started a conversation about what a group of geese is called. According to an online page of the Christchurch library, I...
During my latest library jaunt I picked up a copy of The Mammoth Book of Useless Information by Noel Botham. Some of the useless information relates to Romans, and since hubby and I are off to Europe later this year, I thought this would make a good TT topic. Thirteen...
