The copy edit for the first in my Whale Bay mysteries came back yesterday which means it’s time for me to begin playing with images for the cover – not that I do my own covers, I’m not that clever or creative. I do, however, have to have some images in mind to brief my designer with – an overall way I want the cover … Continue reading What dreams are made of …
Venus has just moved into Scorpio – a sign in which she’s not at all comfortable. When Venus is in Scorpio, you see, she’s in what traditional astrologers term the sign of her detriment. This doesn’t mean that Venus is weak in Scorpio, it means that she is in a position where she can’t use her strength, in a place which is alien to her. … Continue reading Venus in Scorpio
Since leaving my day job a couple of months ago I’ve struggled with daily structures and routines. Rather than being more productive with my writing, I’ve been less, and rather than using my time more efficiently, I’ve regularly found myself faffing about watching Hallmark Christmas movies when I should be doing something that will contribute to the life I want to build. Sure, I’ve needed … Continue reading Mercury in Capricorn – Drawing lines in the sand
My daughter has always loved a question – not in that incessant “but why” way many kids have, but other … deeper … questions. Things like “We only see them out in the rain so where do snails go when it’s not raining?” Or even, “where does all the snot (mucus) live when you don’t have a cold?” In a bookshop the other day I … Continue reading Gemini Full Moon
So hubby and I have been wearing one of those glucose monitoring thingies on the back of our arms over the last week. It’s something a visiting medical friend suggested last week. Hubby, you see, has been in denial about things like that – what you can’t see blah blah blah. Nothing I could say would convince him to face the issue so I was … Continue reading Handling your truth
So anyways, yesterday I walked away from my day job. It wasn’t as dramatic an exit as that sounds, it was, instead, quite lovely and something I’d made a decision on and been working towards for a couple of months. I know I’ll miss my colleagues and the daily interactions – even though as I work remotely those interactions have been mostly over Teams calls. … Continue reading Freedom and the Aries Full Moon
