I have a mysterious tick-box at the side of my edit page which says 'This post is super-awesome' and I have been desperate to press it since I started this blog. It's like having a big red button with 'Don't Press Me' written on it - I just have to. This post is clearly *not*… Continue reading Super-awesome?
Wordcounts – The art of editing…
Wordcount. One of those words that causes any self-respecting student to shudder and even 'grown-up' writers to utter a slight groan. Most of my university life was spent figuring out what was 10% above/below the set word count list, depending on the task at hand (admittedly it was more often the lower than the higher… Continue reading Wordcounts – The art of editing…
Judging a book by it’s cover…
Ah, the age old saying that we've all heard ten thousand times. Mostly, in my case, when they dumped a tedious looking, brown covered 'classic' in front of me at school and saw the look of boredom sweep across my face. Granted, they had a point in one case - I quite enjoyed Catcher In… Continue reading Judging a book by it’s cover…
Experiment Success!
Today I decided to try and apply one of the methods I have repeatedly watched on the many cooking programmes I seem to be addicted to. I created crispy breadcrumb coated pork on top of some egg fried noodles with beansprouts and bamboo shoots. Surprisingly it was really nice as well as really simple. Crispy… Continue reading Experiment Success!
Well, I have to start somewhere…
I hate first posts. This may not be my first try at a first post but they never seem to get any easier. I never know what to put. So... ...Hi! I'm Carole and I'm doing my best to have a life and become a writer all at the same time. Which is a bit… Continue reading Well, I have to start somewhere…

