Today there is no chat, no diddling, dawdling or dallying. I’m just giving it to you straight. Last night I got to finally cut up names and stick them into the trusty, orange bowl and get someone to draw names of winners of prizes for 3 of the 4 outstanding prizes! On Thursday we had [...]
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So, it’s no secret I love shoes. The sparklier, the less practical, the more they draw me. So, while I can’t say that it was a conscious decision to have a stiletto shoe as a continuing motif through ‘Dead, Actually’ – I feel quite strongly that it was probably prompted by that subconscious fascination with [...]
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Who loves chocolate? Who loves shoes? My fabulous publishers are running a great competition to begin promoting my March release – Dead, Actually. This is pure fun! All you have to do is vote for your fave chocolate shoe – yep – chocolate shoe, to go in the running! All deets are on their FB page: [...]
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I warned you it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! And if I was a truly horrible person I’d also warn you how many shopping days there are left till Christmas. Yes, I suppose there is a possibility that, to do that, might be construed as a Public Service Announcement – but honestly? I’m [...]
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Status: Working on new book. Yay! Days till release of Dead, Actually: 119 (Allen & Unwin, March 1st 2012) Wow – my first competition! And it was such fun! So without ado – or with ado – whatever you prefer, it is my pleasure to to announce that :- ELENI KONSTANTINE is the [...]
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I’m only about two and half months late… And no, this Mafia Mud wasn’t served at the RWA Cocktail Party, but I *did* enjoy it at a fabulous retro Italian Restaurant in Lygon Street the night before the conference began in earnest. And it was wonderful. And potent! The photo below looks like I’ve been [...]
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I got a bit sidetracked with Borders and edits and a couple of million other minor things, but here I am continuing the Chinese Zodiac series of posts. Three down and gosh – only nine to go! LOL. Bet you’re excited huh? I’m continuing, because despite the lack of comments, anonymous people ARE dropping by to check out [...]
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I’ve known a few so-called ‘rats’ in my life. However, after reading the traits of the rat in the C/Z, then I’m thinking that either the poor little furry (?) creatures have just had too much bad press or maybe we need to adjust our thinking to echo more ancient Chinese philosophies. Either way, those [...]
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I’m a bad blogger. I did what I promised I wouldn’t – I got side-tracked. By Life. By Work. By Dreams. By two flies climbing up a wall… You get it; I’m easily side-tracked. But mark my word, things will change! So, I felt that seeing how I missed the traditional New Year and ringing [...]
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