In the dim reaches of time, when all was abuzz on the Clovember front, I remember people expressing curiosity about my take on dress codes. More recently, glitzfrau had the temerity to express *disappointment* that I hadn't seized the Corporate Casual nettle and posted a photo of an outfit that actually fitted the bill. Speculate no more, whoever is ( Read more... )

Look, I love Clovember. But gad, gad, my life and my headspace are *overflowing* at the moment and I haven't been on LJ for so long I feel almost self-conscious about bursting back onto it in a flurry of outfits. I can't even remember how to post a link to a photo. Yet valiantly, I SHALL STRUGGLE ON!

Let's have some clo, then. ( Clo )

My late car (now posing sadly on the side of the road near the mechanic's workshop with a 'For Sale' sign and battered come hither look) had many failings, but one of the most grievous, in my view, was that it was more or less colourless. And by colourless I don't mean white, I mean a hue so bland and indeterminate I dreaded being asked what colour ( Read more... )

It's been so long since I last wrote an LJ update of any consequence (or of any sort at all) that I'm struggling to remember where I drew the boundaries on what I post here. I've always drawn my privacy lines in odd places. A lot of things most people seem to tell only to their most intimate circle are my very bread and butter. Am the Queen of TMI ( Read more... )

Not a bad Yuletide this year, especially compared with last year's debacle. Was even invited back into the family fold, after last year's deliberate Casting Out of the Woman Damned. After a frantic morning of gift wrapping and cook 'n' stash, I had Christmas lunch at my parents' place (with both Bs and Pilgrim in tow, plus brother and partner) and ( Read more... )

Denizens of LJ! (I do love the word 'denizens'. Wonderfully seedy ring about it)

I'm interrupting my usual neglect of this blog to announce that my debut novel is finally out! Exciting times. My publishing contract is "digital-first", which means that the book is available as an ebook only on release, print-on-demand if it sells over 500 copies, ( Read more... )

Yeah, been totally slack this Clovember. I blame the novel. BUT! As of about an hour an a half ago, I can't blame it any more, because the final edits are now IN. O' course, this means I'm now meant to be getting onto the promotion bandwagon, but for the moment I'm buggered, and am posting some outfits instead.

( Clo )

Novel emailed through to publisher! Phew. Tricky business, that last edit. My editor said the edits were mostly minor, with major changes only required for the last two chapters of Part I, BUT once you make significant changes to the end of Part I, the ramifications echo all the way through Parts II-IV, and everything needs to be tweaked to fit. ( Read more... )

OK, OK, I'm showing willing here on the Clovember front. Today's Novel Deadline Day outfit includes a skirt I'm on the fence about, so I figure I might as well flutter it at LJ and see which side witnesses fall on. It caught my eye in one of those cheap Asian import shops a month or so ago, and even then I couldn't decide whether it was a a lovely ( Read more... )

After last year's dedication to the Clovember cause, I fear my contributions this year may be slight. I'm knee-deep in overdue pre-publication edits, and am not wearing anything even slightly interesting. Yesterday I had a craving for navy, of all colours, and the only remotely notable thing I had on was oversized curly silver earrings. Today it's ( Read more... )