This has only ever happened once before but my first grown up novel, the now iconic* Unsticky is currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/4pQV4O7 (*Other people have said this, it's not just me tooting my own horn.)

I was not put on this earth to do numbers, I got an E for maths GCSE and it's only got worse. So having my Xero training session with my accountant postponed so I can send them a list of my asinine questions first, feels like a stay of execution. Make tax digital? Make tax difficult, more like.

Last couple of days to buy these 99p kindle gems

Last couple of days to buy these 99p kindle gems

How quickly the weather in the UK goes from unseasonably warm for this time of year to I'm not putting the bloody heating on in September!

Who wants to chip in a tenner? www.worldofinteriors.com/story/richar...

A Johnny Mathis special on bbc2, I’m not sure why. But reminds me of going to one of my little goth friend’s house for first time. There were framed photos of the same man all over the place. “Oh, is that your dad?” “No, it’s Johnny Mathis. My mum loves him.” It still makes me laugh to this day.

I had one glass of wine at lunchtime yesterday, a very expensive New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. None of your cheap crap. And yet today, some 24 hours later, I feel like I downed three bottles of meths with a couple of turpentine chasers.

I’m taking full credit for the sudden very warm weather. After all on Wednesday I switched from my summer duvet to the mid season duvet AND I closed the little side window in the bathroom. No need to thank me, guys!

Get Jane Austen’s name out of your mouth right now, Gregg Wallace! #masterchef

Am I toxic or am I just a middle aged woman who’s had enough of your nonsense?

I go to my Notes app and apparently in the middle of the night I wrote the first line of the novel that I’m workshopping in my head. It’s quite a good line so thank you 4.33am Sarra.

I don't often have space to review non fiction but I made an exception for David Whitehouse's Saltwater Mansions. A missing person mystery that reads like a novel and is so full of beautiful humanity. It's a Kindle Daily Deal at 99p. amzn.to/3VNSdYj

I could spin an entire novel centred around the woman who lives in this flat. And yes, it is a woman. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

The first evening when I’ve had to put on socks and a thick cardigan. Nature is healing. Winter is coming. I bloody love it!

I have never seen so many beds in one house. A very smart house and not some grim, grimy HMO and yet so many beds! www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

I’m watching Empire Records and either it hasn’t aged well or it wasn’t as good as I remembered it. Hard to say.

Who knew an advert could actually be brilliantly written, funny and well-acted?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7H...

One of my favourite books of recent years, The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn, a must read for any fan of The Cazalets Chronicles, is 99p for Kindle, amzn.to/4fZ8wuC

Last two days to snap up the Kindle deals in this thread. You know I would never do you wrong!

Last two days to snap up the Kindle deals in this thread. You know I would never do you wrong!

These pictures will shock and astound you as will that £1.2 million price tag. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

So tonight’s episode of Masterchef, with five contestants instead of six, must be one where they edited out one of the women who objected to the series being shown. 🕵️

Signing some bookplates for a thing and it all started off so well. By the end though, my autograph bears a striking similarity to Guy Fawkes's signature after he was tortured for days.

Warm enough to have the window open and the afternoon sun streaming in, cold enough that my feet have reverted back to their usual icy temperature and it's socks and slippers for me until May 2026. Couldn't be happier.

Scroll to pic 11 for a stunning period feature: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

I’ve just taken delivery of two new sets of pyjamas and the temptation to put them on right now is STRONG.

I’ve just discovered that You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, my second grown up novel is 99p for Kindle. An absolute steal! Neve is still one of my favourite heroines. amzn.to/4mHXrjW

Doesn’t look like any English flag I’ve ever seen 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m watching and enjoying MixTape (on iplayer) but LOL at the uk publishers being so keen for an author to do press on a briskly selling debut that they’d fly her from Australia first class and put her up in a five star hotel. IN WHAT UNIVERSE, EH?

I’m very much enjoying that many of the contestants on the new series of Masterchef are middle class women of a certain age.

I think Miss Benson's Beetle is Rachel Joyce's best novel. Everyone I know who's read it has loved it and I'm sure you will too. Clever funny, immersive, a perfect holiday read. amzn.to/3Hhg0fE

Phew, indeed! Wordle 1,505 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It finally came for me. Never had it before. So far, it’s manageable…

It’s that time of the month again! My August book reviews for Red Magazine, plus a little Romantasy three of the recent best. www.redonline.co.uk/entertainmen...

Last day to snatch up these 99p book bangers!

Last day to snatch up these 99p book bangers!

Because I shielded so well during the pandemic and the habit stuck, I now have my first cold since 2019 and it's absolutely floored me. I feel like a consumptive Victorian who needs to be removed to a Tyrolean sanatorium.

I don't even know why you're hesitating. This book. Oh my God, this book...

Just once I’d like to do an event where my hair isn’t a triangle of frizz but I’m in Manchester, a beautiful city, but it’s more humid than a Florida swamp and the soft water loves to see my hair coming.

Just sent a moany work email with the caveat, "Sorry but I'm Mercury in retrograding so hard today."

Such a great piece on the mixtapes that changed peoples' lives. A lost art now - a Spotify playlist just doesn't cut it in the same way. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...