No motivation monday today. I have manflu. By which I mean a cold I’m milking for all it’s worth. (so far today I’ve watched ‘Snatch’, ‘Leon’, ‘The American in Paris’ and the 60s version of ‘The Time Machine’)
Found the first pirated copy of Tease yesterday. I feel like a proper author now! I’ve joined GoodReads as Mina Kelly, and changed my LibraryThing name to MinaKelly as well. Pimped the book everywhere, and one of my friends has already read and reviewed it (and she bought it! If I’d got my head around [...]
1 day until Tease is released! 96 years ago in ‘fictional’ history, Sherlock Holmes Adventure “His Last Bow” takes place.
2 days until Tease is released! 176 years ago today slavery was abolished in the British Empire!
3 days until Tease is released! 307 years ago today Daniel Defoe was placed in a pillory to be pelted with rotten fruit for publishing a libellous politically satirical pamphlet. He was in fact pelted with flowers.
Publishing: 50% of US students are expected to purchase an e-reader before the Autumn term. That’s a massive proportion, and it’s no wonder both B&N and Amazon are actively pursuing them. Michael Morpurgo is all in favour of ebooks, which is cool. Interest-Piquing: Novelrank. Keeps track of your Amazon rating! Such an awesome tool. InsPiring: [...]
3/7 Okay, so new weirdness. I can post, but I can’t see what I’m posting. Also, I can’t use the html option, just visual. Hmmm… 4/7 And I can see it again! I have no idea what that was about, but repeatedly deleting and reuploading the java and css helped. Um, yeah. Back to your [...]
Don’t drink and code! That was pretty scary. Thank god for “hey, you might want to back stuff up before you do this” warnings. WordPress dashboard is FUBAR, though. Still, it’s here, it exists, and I’m grateful for it!
What shall we do with the vuvuzela? – watch more funny videos The world cup has done that thing to me where I forget I don’t like football. It’s something about team sports in international tournaments; brings out all the mushy liberal in me. Look at all the people of different nationalities spending time together [...]
Genocide: The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. Ethnic Cleansing: The elimination of an unwanted group from a society, as by genocide or forced migration. It’s World Refugee Day, and the last day of Refugee Week. Refugee Action [my town] has been putting on various exhibitions and events, and I [...]
