My book is now available on Amazon, etc. Due to unexpectedly high demand, there are a few minor shipping delays, but that's a nice problem to have.

I'd really appreciate it if you could share the link with your friends! (The book is getting good reviews, don't just take my word for it...)

Here it is.

Although I'm still reading LJ regularly, I seem to have abandoned posting, preferring lots of shorter status updates on facebook! I'm not entirely sure why -- just one of those things.

Anyway, for those of you who are here but not there; we're all still very happy and very busy. Publication of my book is next week -- see here for details -- and I ( Read more... )

Amazon won't let small publishers list books for free, alas: but UK readers can now buy a sample chapter for 77p and US readers can buy a sample chapter for $1.17It's for Kindle, but there are free Kindle apps for nearly every device (including PC/Mac) available from Amazon ( Read more... )

( Part II: At Work )

( Part I: home life )

( What we did in our holidays. )

( Slice of Life )

I can't post about snow without thinking of one of my all-time favourite short poems.

"She Tells Her Love" (Robert Graves)

She tells her love while half asleep,
In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
And puts out grass and flowers
Despite the snow,
Despite the falling snow.

( Snowbound in Newcastle )

( Of friends, running, and RPGs )