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January 2015

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The Agony and the Ecstasy

Mr Tumnal has now been out in the real world for a month and and a half, and its already out sold my debut novel by this point in the publishing cycle, and its starting to gather up a number…

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My tweets

Sat, 19:10: @AnnaKShannon Welcome to Twitter @AnnaKShannon!

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Fri, 12:12: “a great read that hooked me and I couldn’t put it down” New 5* #review for #MrTumnal 🙂 http://t.co/LVt6RurTW6 What’s your #WeekendReads? Fri, 16:12: So nice to be leaving work in the daylight. Happy weekend peeps! http://t.co/9ANNUV54kW Fri,…

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Thu, 16:25: @stagecoach_ox Your 1559 S5 to Bicester via JR has a SERIOUS water leak on the passenger door side, front seat, top deck. Please fix asap. Thu, 17:37: 🙂 http://t.co/nXjqZjuXWq http://t.co/HcxVNL35Sj Thu, 22:49: Got told tonight that my book…

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Wed, 22:03: It feels good to be writing Louis’ story again. Even if it’s not exactly Louis’, and it’s only a short one… #shortstory #MrTumnal

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Mon, 20:46: Pheww… Most. Stressful. University. Challenge. Ever. Well done @oxford_brookes for beating @uclnews! #universitychallenge #imoxfordbrookes

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Sun, 19:07: 16% is a make or break point in books #amreading. Can you guess where I am in @jbookguy‘s outstanding The Boy In Winter’s Grasp #indieauthor Sun, 21:15: The downside of #amreading lots is that I am aching to…

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Sat, 12:59: Kind of wish @amazon @CreateSpace wouldn’t keep on moving the goalposts every time I want to upload a cover file…

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Fri, 07:39: @106jackfm #traffic a34 northbound blocked at Peartree due to accident with car and lorry. Fri, 18:39: In the run up to #Election2015 anyone else noticed that @Ed_Miliband has always been on defensive from old skool bulling from @David_Cameron…

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A pageturner to read and read again

A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge This is a big, epic book involving an complex, involving thriller and whodunnit. I came to this book after reading Frances Hardinge’s brilliant, if terrifying, Cuckoo Song, and I was cautious that this…

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100 Happy Days, journal

1 Happy Year

A year ago, on the 8 January 2014, a friend at work, Eleanor pointed me in the direction of the #100HappyDays challenge. It seemed intriguing and I set myself on to it. 100 days later I completed the challenge but…

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1 Happy Year

A year ago, on the 8 January 2014, a friend at work, Eleanor pointed me in the direction of the #100HappyDays challenge. It seemed intriguing and I set myself on to it. 100 days later I completed the challenge but…

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The first day of a new year

I’ve never been one for making the big New Year’s Resolutions that are forgotten by the end of the first month (if not the first week) of the new year. But I do like to take stock and try to…

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The first day of a new year

I’ve never been one for making the big New Year’s Resolutions that are forgotten by the end of the first month (if not the first week) of the new year. But I do like to take stock and try to…

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