Hiking is my salvation but I'm struggling on the energy front so I'm going to dive into this beauty. First up is Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: "I cannot be the sort of person life demands me to be - so why not try and be my own self." (1914) #WomensHistoryMonth

So, most of the time I'm awake (!) I either write or read. Sometimes, I write about what I've read, but only if I really like something. Thanks to Jae for the ARC. Those of you who know me will know I only write honest opinions!

When you bite the bullet and send your baby off to Beta readers for the first time... that. 🫣

I've been cooking in the Sapphic Books Kitchen. Very tasty it was, too.

Just in case I haven't said it enough - I hate writing a synopsis.

When you've finished the 1st draft of the novel you've been living and breathing the past few months and then you're lost. That.

This is 'I'm not leaving the house today' weather. More than a wee bit windy and wet

In today's very random message: I need names for two (fictional) cats. One is shy and affectionate, the other is aloof. Help me, please!

When you're writing in one genre and then a very marketable idea in another, very different, genre invades your thought processes ... 🤪

I have written many many words today and now my eyes feel like they are about to fall out.

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