Tuesday 31 May 2011

Tagged... Six Questions to Answer.

I’ve been tagged by Jamarra, and have to answer the six questions below.

Q1) Do you think you’re hot?
No, not really, but I hope my novels are. Others seem to think they are, so fingers crossed.


Q2) Upload a picture or wallpaper you’re using at the moment

I’m a member of a photographic club and we have an exhibition coming up in 3 weeks time, so I have been preparing exhibits. This is my first exhibition and I’m nervous because I don’t really know what I’m doing. I have discovered (on reading photography forums) that photography, like writing, rarely pays well. Neither does gardening. And scientists are underpaid in this country. Trust me to pick the poorly paid endeavours.

This is a small version of one of my exhibits. The usual remarks about copyright hold true. Please do not use this image without permission.
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I have had this, and other images made into greetings cards which I hope to sell at the exhibition. The problem is that to make even a tiny profit I have to charge quite a lot per card, and I’m not sure people will pay that when they can get a dozen cards at the supermarket. I did approach a card company about my photos, and got all excited when they wanted to see some. But they declined, saying the were too “Fine Art” for their market. I’m convinced it was a kindly put-down to avoid hurting my feelings.


Q3) When did you last eat chicken? This morning, for breakfast, before it went off. I can’t abide wasting food, which is why I resemble a dustbin.

Q4) The song you listened to recently?
The dawn chorus. I love the liquid notes of the blackbird.


Q5) What are you thinking as you do this?


I’m tossing up whether to do some writing or whether to do some housework. I expect the housework will win this time because it has been horribly neglected over the last few days. (Months, years.) And part of me is daydreaming about a book deal, but I don’t really dare to give much credence to those dreams.

Q6) Have you any nicknames?

My kids, bless their little hearts, call me Mumsie, which reminds me of Walter the Softy in the Beano, or Mudder, which is reminiscent of bovines. I have one or two online names which I won’t disclose.

Tag three blogging pals? Oh, crumbs.

The Elephant in the Writing Room
http://theelephantinthewritingroom.blogspot.com/

Good old Sally


Karen
http://writewritingwritten.blogspot.com/

I see from Karen’s post that she’s just had a very similar experience to mine. I read through something that had been mulching for a while and found some mistakes, including some pretty basic ones. And then I was told that there were some other flaws, now fixed, I hope. When revising a ms I end up with ms-blindness where I stop reading what I wrote and skim-read instead…. A fresh pair of experienced and analytical eyes always helps.

Womagwriter
http://womagwriter.blogspot.com/

Always a good source of advice.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Very Excited Now

I have some revision of a manuscript to do, which is really exciting. My brain is buzzing and I can hardly wait to get started.

So Excited

And so nervous.

I can't say why, not yet.

Jarmarra knows but won't spill the beans.

Saturday 14 May 2011

New Blog

My photogallery has vanished, if anyone is curious. And I haven't the heart to do it all over again. Not just now, anyway.

Thursday 12 May 2011

My Photogallery

I decided to put my favourite photos up on a separate blog. Do please take a look.