The word hectic never fully describes my life...
The word hectic never fully describes my life… I think that if I was obseving my plate balancing, twiriling life I would be somewhat amused. I feel like I am balancing on a large balls whilst rolling down a hill spinning plates…. It seems that oscillation is the key here. When something goes wrong it goes really wrong, then something good comes of it. Take for example the exhaust fell off m…
A random person recommended GOYLEGATE on the new york times list of top books.
Hello there, well how surprised was I when I received an e-mail saying that a random person had recommended Goylegate on the New York times top ten books… Yep the expression blown away was about apt for a person who simply self-published a children’s book.
Apologies for not being around for a while but life, as always, is busy. So as always I am living the extreme… So it will be interest…
The Power Of Word Of Mouth!
Well it is amazing how word of mouth is more powerful than any marketing campaign. It is true. I opted to self publish a book because I believed that the full publishing process with a publishing house took too long. Also the honest truth is I really could not be bothered to be rejected by editors who did not have time to read the work. I look at it as when a person eats chocolate all day every…
Goylegate published on Amazon!
Well it seems that life is wonderful for me. Finally my first children’s book has been published and sold on Amazon.com – yes it is the U.S but that is the beginning…
http://www.amazon.com/Goylegate-Gargantuan-Scandal-M-Dry/dp/1448607485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246286318&sr=8-1
God I love life!
Michelle
I finally did it!
Yep I just published Goylegate on lulu.com
You can read the opening in my writing section. What is wonderful is that I have wanted to do this for years. You can not imagine! Anyway we will see how it goes… I hope that whoever reads it loves and enjoys it as much as I do!
Michelle
Antarctic, finalist and politics...
Well hello everyone. You may think that I have disappeared off the face of the planet, well not exactly. I am currently floating around the earth on a luxury cruise ship. I know it sounds glamorous, but when you are working on board it is far from that. Try sleeping in a bunk bed during a storm and being confined to cabins when you are ill. It is more of a prison for nice people… Still in a w…
Another award - hoorah.
Hello there everyone. I haven’t been about for a while, but the good news is I came second in the Independent / Insight guides travel photography competition. It turns out this is quite prestigious and I get to have dinner with the editors of both Insight and the Independent. On top of this there is a top fellow from the Royal photographic Society. Am I lucky or what? Very happy about it all…...
15,000 views.... and a dunking pony tail!
What can I say? How amazing is that…? I have to say it makes me really happy. On top of that I have a new agent for photography, albeit meeting him at a literary networking event. We had a strange moment when I arrived where we both noticed each other in the room. Not romantic, just a gut reaction and now he is out there getting me work. Hoorah!
In the mean time the Jenster and I have been…
An accidental tooth brush moment.
Well this one has to be shared, I think I surpassed myself this time.
Two of my best friends came to stay over this weekend, and with all best friends there are things you share and things you don’t. So whilst my friend was booking her train ticket I decided to clean my teeth. There she is on the phone talking to national rail enquiries and I am scrubbing away at my gnashers.
After a mo…
Over 200 views on one journal entry.
I have to say that each day I am a little bit more astounded by how many people can be reached through red bubble. It really is quite amazing. What’s more is the fact that people actually take time to read what you write. I think that is really a wonderful thing and am very greatful that you actually do read the musings that pop into my head, even if some of them are completely random: such as …