Victoria Watson was awarded ‘Young Reviewer of the Year’ in 2009 and completed a Masters degree in Creative Writing in 2010. Victoria has contributed to publications including True Faith (Newcastle United fanzine), NCJ Media’s north-east titles The Journal, Evening Chronicle and Sunday Sun. She has also reviewed for Amazon, Waterstones and Closer Magazine. Victoria had…
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Six Sentence Sunday: The Mangrove Legacy
I nearly forgot about the Six Sentence Sunday meme: perish the thought. I have since discovered that there is also a Tuesday Serial meme, so I have to also remember to add Airships & Alchemy to that. As usual, be sure to drop by and see all the other six sentences — it’s a great…
BitchBuzz: Penguin’s Vanity Press
Great night out with colleagues at the tapas restaurant and then the French bistro. It’s supposed to get very cold tomorrow, so an excuse to hide inside. At least we’re not getting the much worse storms that are hitting Scotland — take care up there! Today’s column takes up the latest cynical move to fleece…
My Birthday Month Wish
I mentioned this yesterday, but I’ll provide helpful links today. I’m claiming the whole of December for my birthday. Why not? I already have to share my birthday month with both Markos, Jane Austen, Hannukah and Xmas, so there’s barely any month left for me! But I’m not demanding to be showered with gifts! All…
Margaret Atwood Speaks
No time for anything today! So I give you some cogent thoughts from Margaret Atwood at TOC. I followed this on Twitter yesterday in between things and it sounded as if — as usual — she had some smart things to say. Check out the conference site as there are all kinds of informative bits…