There are things that I’m good at. Things like, stockpiling books. Eating chocolate. Cooking (most of the time). Multi-tasking. List making and organisational stuff. But gardening? Gardening I am not good at. Plants, generally, are not my friends. Rather than green fingers, I have black ones. Black fingers of death. Yet, despite this, every yearContinue reading “How Does Your Garden Grow?”
Author Archives: Karen Saunders
The Power of Picture Books
I’ve blogged as a guest blogger on the Picture Book Den website about the power of picture books. You can visit the site here (you’ll find the post most easily by looking under the ‘guest bloggers’ tab on the right hand side) or you can read the post below. As the subheading of this blogContinue reading “The Power of Picture Books”
A Room of One’s Own
Yesterday I had a very lovely day. Along with two of my best friends, we left our respective kids with the husbands, and went out for a day. We shopped (I got two new dresses, perhaps going some way towards finding a new sense of style, number #14 on my bucket list), had lunch andContinue reading “A Room of One’s Own”
Don’t Speak…Write, Instead
My lovely friend, Joanna Nadin, recently blogged about how music and books are closely interlinked. You can read her post, on the wonderful Girls Heart Books website, here. Music seems to be something a lot of authors are inspired by. Stephanie Meyer (she wrote some novels about vampires, you might have heard of them) oftenContinue reading “Don’t Speak…Write, Instead”
Blowing My Own Trumpet!
As I said in my post yesterday, I’ve got a novel coming out. I’ve known about it for a few months, but didn’t want to say anything about it until it was all definite. And now it is, so I can, and I’ve just finished the edits they asked for. So I’m currently waiting, gnawingContinue reading “Blowing My Own Trumpet!”
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