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Month: February 2011

30 posts later – where I am, where I’m going etc

I noticed this morning that I hit the magical 30 post mark, from the 30 posts in 30 days (in my case, really it was 30 posts in 45 days!) and wanted to do a quick round-up, along with some observations. First up – I suck at timetables. Actually, more accurately, I suck at working within timetables, when there is lots going on around me.  In the last month I went back to Uni for a new term (my last one), I moved laptops to a much sleeker, faster, sweeter piece of kit (which leads me to a point I’m…

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Shameless self promotion – books, sites and how to encourage me ;)

One of the off list conversations I had with the people who were asking me about my stuff, and encouraging me not to be shy is to ask to have you guys urge me. So I bowed to peer pressure, in a positive way. The following ways are the absolute best ways to get me to – find out about the books I’ve mentioned in the past, urge me to write them, and get access to them, and the writing process before/after/getting your mitts on them. Having a strong fan base will also help me convince publishers that I’m a…

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Chicken Balmoral – instructions and recipe

(images will return once the domain move is complete – it’s just photos of the food I made ;)) I thought it would be nice, as an introduction to what I sometimes get up to, instead of talking about the washing pile of doom from the outset, that I’d share a traditional dish from my home land.  I’m Scottish Shopping list 1 Chicken breast per person 1 Haggis per three people (for generous portions) – based on using Halls Haggis – check how big or small your haggis portion is. 400g potatoes per 3 people 400g Turnip/swede per 3 people…

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The 30 day V7N blog challenge and going forward

The last few days saw the ‘end’ of the V7N blogging challenge for many of us – a 30 day (starter at least) blogging challenge ran by the amazing Cricket Walker. But really, it’s just the beginning, because most people that had signed up for the initial challenge have gained freinds,  got more in our reading lists that we know what to do with, with lots of inspiration and more. One of the best things I’ve really loved about it is finding new people to read without being ‘advertised’ to – I also loved all of the comments I’ve picked…

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