goodbye 2007

There are less than 26 hours left of 2007. Now, 2007 hasn't been a particularly bad year (some ups, some downs) but I will be glad to see it end, mainly because a new year brings a sense of new beginnings.

The highlight of 2007 for me was seeing DJ Tiesto in Ibiza in August. And just so I didn't waste the last few days of the year, I posted a couple of submissions off to agents on Friday!

Shall head off to bed in a few hours (sleeping patterns are w-a-y out of kilter at the moment) and then be up for work a few hours after that, head into work for a morning of madness then head home again for a few hours before heading back into the city to get a spot to watch the fireworks on the Thames at midnight.

I love living in London! And, it's currently forecast to SNOW on Wednesday!!!!!

Here's to 2008 - may it be full of everything you want. I know I already have a few things planned for 2008. I'm going to put them on here in a day or two as someone I met once told me that once you share your plans with others, you work harder to make them happen.

I want 2008 to be full of good things for everyone I know! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

merry christmas!

I'm spending a much deserved evening lying on the sofa doing nothing. In fact, I'm seriously considering going to bed. Life has been very busy with Christmas things (nights out, lunches, buying presents, arranging more nights out) which coupled with the fact that it's extremely cold mean all I want to do is curl up on the sofa with a duvet and pillow!

Everything I've wanted to buy seems to be unavailable. I searched many a Marks & Spencer for a particular Mrs Beeton's book before giving up and today I've been treking round London Tesco stores trying to find one that had Mousetrap in stock. They have a 3 for 2 special on games (and an extra 25% off!) so I wanted to get Mousetrap, Operation and Buckaroo. All the shops I went too either had none or Operation and Buckaroo but not Mousetrap. Of course, I could buy it from Argo but for almost the same cost as the three games from Tesco! It's essential that I get Mousetrap so I might have to reassess tomorrow.

Officialy, I'm working right up to Christmas and the few days between Christmas and New Year. Unoffically, I'm hoping for late starts, early finishes, casual clothes and plenty of time to catch up on some reading while I'm in the office.

Merry Christmas everyone!!

rejection letter

The title says it all really. The US agent rejected my ms yesterday. I got a handwritten note explaining why and all that and that's really I have to say about it right now.

story ideas

Hey, it's December! Christmas is coming! And I have another story idea demanding to be written! It came to me last night - just the opening scene and the final sentence, which leads onto another book! Oh boy! Practically no writing all year due to study pressures and then as soon as the final exams are over, three ideas pile in!

I'd love to be writing them but at the moment I'm struggling with just getting through the day and doing the necessary Christmas stuff that needs to be done each night so that Christmas Eve doesn't send me into a panic.

The other thing that's keeping me busy is visiting author sites to enter contests to win free books! Jessica Hart (www.jessicahart.co.uk) is giving away an advance copy of her first 2008 book, Liz Fielding (www.lizfielding.com) is giving a book away every day on her blog and Kate Walker (www.kate-walker.com) is too!

OK, back to the Christmas cards...