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meercat's meme
1.)Q. Can you cook?
1.)A. Yes
2.)Q. What was your dream growing up?
2.)A. To be a writer
3.)Q. What talent do you wish you had?
3.)A. To be able to sing really well, play musical instruments and speak foreign languages. I know that's three.
4.)Q. If I bought you a drink what would it be?
4.)A. Sparkling mineral water
5.)Q. Favorite vegetable?
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Photo shoot
I surely must suffer from reverse body dysmorphia. I think I'm drop-dead gorgeous and am always shocked to discover I'm not. I did a proper photoshoot with a proper photographer who takes proper pictures for album sleeves and stuff... and out of 200 photos, I look passably attractive in three. I've used one of them for my new default picture ( Read more... ) -
What shall I do now?
Well, that's it. Completed first draft finished at 4.25pm on Friday, ten minutes to do page numbers and title sheet, another five to check the chapter numbering was consistent, and I was well ahead of my five pm deadline. Not my fault that it got stuck in the internet tube and didn't make its way to my editor's inbox until 6.18pm. It's not very ( Read more... ) -
type-tappety-type
That's all I've been doing for the last few days - typing (well, also, making things up). It's got to the point where I'm writing complete baloney, but at least I've decided where the shocking denouement will be.
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Stresses and strains
The aforementioned paid gig was a riot. Check out my Vox page for more details... in brief, I earned every penny of my thirty pounds, and had to watch a guy lovingly stroke his crotch throughout my set. My fault for being a female comic, I guess. I accidentally made my professional singing debut - the only way to calm the drunken, offensive ( Read more... ) -
Nearly there...
I know have four weeks off work, except for a few bits of marking and a class I teach for three hours each Thursday morning. This is because the students I teach have gone off on their workplace attachments - out into the wide world - leaving me on my lonesome. Which is great, because it means I can finish my novel ( Read more... ) -
Even more comedy; even more writing
Not much to say today. Just checking in to say "hi". Still very busy writing, or not writing and getting worried about not writing. On the bright side, lots of comedy gigs seem to be coming my way. On Friday I have my first "paid 20" - up till now I've mostly been doing 5 and 10 minute "open" spots, which mean no money except occasionally a few ( Read more... ) -
Tell me I'll get it finished in time...
Same old story. Still trying to finish the book. Please remind me that I love writing, will you? At the moment it's all about word count. Maybe I'll go and write the dramatic denouement - that'll be fun.
Meanwhile I keep getting sidetracked by telly. Who knew the European Athletics Championships could be so interesting?
But when I've finished ( Read more... ) -
comedy success
Got through to the semi-finals of a big competition on Sunday. Semis will be in April. I was chuffed. Met some cool people as well, and had a nice couple of days in London. -
More comedy; more writing
A really cool gig in Reading last week; and I got paid!!!! OK, only enough to cover my petrol but it was nice because I wasn't expecting it. Here's the link to the video if you're interested. Sorry about the sound to start with, and the quality of the filming - it was a very dark bar!
To London tomorrow night for an anti-Valentine's Day comedy ( Read more... )