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October 2014

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Sun, 12:13: I’m #reading 26 Characters by Cambridge Jones https://t.co/Gw2w3qFFF7 Sun, 12:15: RT @aeroplanegirl: I declare today an excellent day for autumnal walks, tea and books. http://t.co/WPqFIDxCwP Sun, 17:48: Climbing through the wardrobe at @TheStoryMuseum http://t.co/kmN0fUTypD #26Characters #books #imagination #stories…

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Sat, 19:25: has had the best afternoon ever at @TheStoryMuseum actually walking through the wardrobe into Narnia and sitting in Just William’s shed! 🙂 Sat, 22:52: #100HappyDays Day 284: The best afternoon ever, climbing through the wardrobe into Narnia at……

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Climbing through the wardrobe

Today I have had the best afternoon out in Oxford, ever! Emma and I headed into the city this afternoon to go to the excellent and inspiring home of The Story Museum – I think that maybe this place, the…

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Fri, 18:39: #100HappyDays Day 283: This week has all been about seeing my book cover coming to life. Here, with… http://t.co/Wm3JnI2TML Fri, 20:37: I scored 4 out of 7 on the BBC 7 days 7 questions quiz http://t.co/FHeJh3cH85

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Thu, 15:23: Hey, on Mercury, I’m 170, and what’s more in 8 Earth days time its my Mercury birthday! @BBCEarth http://t.co/v9DmdVUVEY Thu, 15:24: My heart’s beaten 2 billion times since I was born. It’d be 131 million if I were…

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Wed, 15:16: RT @rhi_lassiter: Book formats of the future http://t.co/pDnc1JYwsD http://t.co/dEzLEXDsRf Wed, 20:16: In these words we drown, in these words we drown Deep, deep, deep down, deep, deep, deep down… #inspiration #amwriting Wed, 20:51: #100HappyDays Day 281: Tonight Emma…

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Writing Wednesdays

So tonight sees me finding the first of a regular series of evenings which I can devote squarely to my writing. Thursdays have been, for the last 14 years(!!) band night, and since I’ve been with Emma Thursday’s have thus…

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Tue, 20:04: #100HappyDays Day 280: From garden to paste in one hour… Emma-grown leeks make a scrummy rissotto.… http://t.co/WEAprazUaf

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Mon, 19:40: #100HappyDays Day 279: Preparing for publication, and watching the colours emerge… #MrTumnal… http://t.co/NLKNGDbgKr Mon, 20:02: Just posted a photo http://t.co/Hyr9scgfTf Mon, 20:05: Can it really be six years since we became chicken keepers of Gwinevere and Delissia? http://t.co/dqH01ldNnR

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Sun, 18:05: #100HappyDays Day 278: Vintage fair at Snape Maltings with a haul of Tupperware… #1HappyYear http://t.co/NJKy7fPENv Sun, 20:24: The smell of my childhood car journeys. Passing the #sugarbeet factory of Bury St Edmunds. Beautiful (not)! Mon, 07:42: Yuck! The…

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Sat, 19:37: #100HappyDays Day 277: After 20 years away save for the occasional visit, mum and dad have moved back… http://t.co/O4GK0zgVla

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Fri, 17:52: #100HappyDays Day 276: Getting stuck into a new book and loving the little #design #details in… http://t.co/zGciowp8DH Fri, 18:49: Q: Is there a difference between a word document and Word Document? What is the the generic name for…

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Back On The Words

There is something quite special about being back in the writing zone. I’ve missed it. On the 27 July 2013 I finished my last novel, and since then I’ve been keeping my creativity going with editing Mr Tumnal, along with…

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Back On The Words

There is something quite special about being back in the writing zone. I’ve missed it. On the 27 July 2013 I finished my last novel, and since then I’ve been keeping my creativity going with editing Mr Tumnal, along with…

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Thu, 22:53: #100HappyDays Day 275: Thursday night is band night. #1HappyYear @ Dunmore School http://t.co/9KbVPCfZ0M Thu, 22:56: 🙁 http://t.co/D3E1eit9ve http://t.co/WIfnkDyzlS

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Wed, 21:52: #100HappyDays Day 274: Photographing the big moon… #1HappyYear http://t.co/NzXdJJOJlx Wed, 22:51: 5 of 5 stars to How Novels Work by John Mullan https://t.co/mWcD9Mef0P Wed, 22:56: A book lovers book: review of How Novels Work by John Mullen http://t.co/KfjtJL6YGT…

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Tue, 18:25: Q. Would you live in Oxover: a uni city on the edge of the Cotswolds; & also Britain’s most inland docks at the upper reaches of the Thames? Wed, 08:52: BBC News – Garlic injection could tackle tree…

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Mon, 13:18: Bbrrrr… its cold out there. Mon, 21:50: #100HappyDays Day 272: Whisky and writing… #TheNextNovel #1HappyYear @ Southwold, Bicester http://t.co/QQuZ8GabkY Mon, 21:56: Puck appears in #TheNextNovel. I haven’t decided yet if he’s working for Oberon or Titania… it neither……

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Sun, 16:17: The Other Social Networks http://t.co/mI357lIqmq #life #socialnetworking #pinterest Sun, 17:35: #100HappyDays Day 271: And then, suddenly, it happens. The words, they start to come… #TheNextNovel… http://t.co/tQXhYb551K Sun, 19:27: I’ve started #amwriting novel number three. First person, female POV,…

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