Horror · Short Story · Writing

Something Precious


When I was at Uni my lecturers were constantly encouraging me to try different things. Venture away from my comfort zone and write something else, a different genre or style. Experiment. The following short story is one of those experiments - I tried my hand at a Horror Short Story. Was it successful? I'm still… Continue reading Something Precious

Giveaways · Toddler · Tori's Choice

And the winner is….


It's results time for my TrueBlood giveaway. The winner Tori picks out is going to receive their very own copy of Dead To The World by Charlaine Harris. So here we go... Then Tori, all by herself, decided she needed to spin round a bit - just to make sure that she was dizzy on… Continue reading And the winner is….

Blog Hop · Just For Fun · Reasons To Be Cheerful

Reasons To Be Cheerful


Another week has been and gone and it's time to share my reasons to be cheerful again - now is definitely the best time to be doing this because I am not feeling wildly cheerful. I had my flu jab yesterday and judging by my headache, general achey-ness and hot forehead I'm one of those… Continue reading Reasons To Be Cheerful

Blog Hop · Just For Fun · Listography

Listography – Hi, I’m a Celebrity…*wallop*


This week's listography is the Top 5 Celebrities You'd Love To Punch (or slap/wedgie etc, depending on how violent you are feeling/much you dislike them). It is being guest hosted by Metal Mummy this week whilst Kate Takes 5 has a bit of a blog make-over. Here's my line up: 1. Jeremy Vine Now, I… Continue reading Listography – Hi, I’m a Celebrity…*wallop*

Just For Fun · Photography · The Gallery

The Gallery: Mother Nature


  I have been without a camera for the last week or so which has been like living without an arm or something. Horrible. But this week's theme for The Gallery instantly made me want to go on a hunt for a photograph I took in 2009, just a couple of days before Tori made… Continue reading The Gallery: Mother Nature