Tumbleweeds...

Cleared huge chunk of book fair follow-up today, yet somehow my flagged items haven’t...

May 1st

Author-Copy shelf cleared down. Have bookshelf again (till the next lot of coeds hit). Never thought...

May 1st

Current favourite song: Life Got In The Way by Sister Hazel. Loving Spotify for reintroducing me to...

May 1st

Feel like someone is gouging out my right ovary with a rusty spoon.

May 1st

Happy May Day people. Today should be a holiday as well.

May 1st

Girl in Pink

Apr 30th

Took two hours, but two hellish baskets of filing is now just one basket of purgatory.

Apr 30th

I will break out of my blogging doldrums, honestly. http://tinyurl.com/ccor7l

Apr 30th

My day has suddenly become about filing. Which is what happens when you leave it in a corner till...

Apr 30th

Sitting at my desk, munching oatcakes, staring at my organised inbox, wondering what task to start...

Apr 30th

Oh, I really need to work on my French language skills (and German :S )

Apr 30th

Grrrr

Apr 29th

WOW! HUGE lightening flash and thunderclap right over the house. It’s set car alarms off!

Apr 29th

The number of people who call me ‘Louise’! It’s Claire Louise, Claire or Cas. I...

Apr 29th

Silly contract system. No Scotland as territory, or Gaelic as language option? FAIL.

Apr 29th

And YAY! Volume One of FreakAngels arrived from @bookdepository this morning. More yummy reading...

Apr 29th

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Close eyes. Repeat mantra several times. Let anger drain away....

Apr 29th

Inbox and ToDo list, be warned, your time is limited. Mwhahahaa! (Feeling inspired after GTD...

Apr 28th

Full of the joys that spring and a pair of 4inch platform mary jane DMs can bring you. Great fun...

Apr 28th

Need to stop using Amazon for work searches. Recommendations now heavily skewed towards the VERY...

Apr 28th

Brain, welcome to the weird and wonderful world of royalty statements. Yes, I will treat you to a...

Apr 28th

Yay! Red Seas Under Red Skies turned up. Yummy Scott Lynch goodness (If you haven’t read Lies...

Apr 27th

Bloodthirsty lot, my Southampton friends. Half an hour sitting in the sun on the Common, and they...

Apr 27th

home safe back in Ox after great weekend with @girlwithtowel and Cat and the Lyon.

Apr 27th

Where for art thou bandwidth?! Can’t do anything on the web tonight. Grr :(

Apr 27th

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Apfel

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Robot Banana

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Apr 26th

RT @alantrotter Maira Kalman’s NY Times visual blog posts - genius and beauty in one...

Apr 24th

I’m a chatty, coherent guru. Who knew? http://twanalyst.com/BrightMeadow/ (Yes, I don’t...

Apr 24th

Good email morning! Only 1 email, and that an auto-reminder-thingy. Wow. Not sure what to do with...

Apr 24th

Ouch. Glad I’m not in Southampton right now…...

Apr 24th

And wtf am I doing up this early? Haven’t woken up naturally before 7am in… well, ever!...

Apr 24th

Why isn’t it Friday yet? Diving deep into contracts filing. Unfortunately they’ve not...

Apr 24th

Payday so ordered some treats from @bookdepository

Apr 24th

My followers might be getting the impression I am not having much luck with my no-TV-set life at the...

Apr 23rd

And flaw with 4OD. Doesn’t remember where you were when you are a complete numbty and...

Apr 23rd

Night twitter. Going to curl up with some classic 1930’s Josephine Tay. Detective Grant is...

Apr 23rd

Ah, the memories: http://twitter.com/BrightMeadow/status/11084581

Apr 23rd

Ditched 14 followers. Couldn’t have a round 100, could I?! Nothing personal, just stream...

Apr 23rd

First tweet from over two years ago (!) http://twitter.com/BrightMeadow/status/6725551 Wish it was...

Apr 23rd

Knew I hated typing up minutes, but this much? http://twitter.com/BrightMeadow/status/6945841

Apr 23rd

Lunch - time to sit in the library. If nothing else, WILL get a place-holder battle scene written....

Apr 23rd

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Apr 22nd

basking

Apr 22nd

Was determined to be good this morning. Then the cherry muffins called to me. Well, there goes my...

Apr 22nd

Not a fan of updated iPlayer. Not streaming as smoothly. Grrr.

Apr 22nd

Bit of John Mayer to get the day going

Apr 22nd

Favouriting things so can find the links again when at home… But keep forgetting to check my...

Apr 21st

Back in the office. Good day at LBF yesterday. Knackering though. Still can’t believe actually...

Apr 21st

mixed day so far. Off to see what food I can scavenge for a late lunch

Apr 21st

wish whatever was chomping my bandwidth would stop. Want to watch some tv before I collapse in a...

Apr 21st

on bus waiting to leave london. long day at fair but good.

Apr 21st

sleep now. Up in 6.5 hours. Bleck

Apr 20th

london book fair here I come…

Apr 20th

Having huge ER binge. @davidsonhouston not sure if am thankful or cursing for your solution!

Apr 20th

Morning. Can’t believe awake before US contingent even gone to bed. This is dedication to the...

Apr 20th

OK, time to make sure have *everything* ready for tomorrow. Not stumbling round at 5am trying to...

Apr 20th

“we will repair to our rooms and consume our fruit in solitude” - forgot how funny the...

Apr 20th

Demoralising to think that in under 12 hours i will have to be awake again. Silly London Book Fair...

Apr 20th

Must not have a nap. Have to be up at 4.30am tomorrow morning, so need to get to sleep at sensible...

Apr 20th

itvplayer needs version of silverlight mac too old for. 4OD crashes internet connection. demand5...

Apr 20th

My hair’s like me today, feeling all flat and boring.

Apr 19th

Pondering better blog/twitter integration. suggestions?

Apr 19th

To RT @tag tea. and more tea.

Apr 19th

The post gods failed me :(

Apr 18th

Just heard that postal gods did come through in the end. Nothing like the last minute!

Apr 18th

Pray to the postal gods please: my LBF passes are stuck in the post between Coventry and here. I...

Apr 17th

Post Gods? Pretty please?

Apr 17th

This morning is why god invented double soya lattes. Wake me when it’s time to go home.

Apr 17th

Time to get ready. Oh fuck. What do I wear?!

Apr 17th

Home safe. Good evening. Smile on face.

Apr 17th

First blog post in over a month. Think it deserves to be promoted: http://tinyurl.com/d9mwnz

Apr 16th

Just been called scarily magical. In a nice way. And been awarded the Order of the Extra Biscuit. I...

Apr 16th

Note to self: don’t write readers reports when tired and in a grumpy mood. Amazing how m/s...

Apr 16th

Buzzy wrist… Must take care when sitting and writing in the library at lunchtime. Book is not...

Apr 16th

Music suggestions people! Going just a little bit loopy.

Apr 16th

How to write a synopsis of an un-synopsisable book? The old fall back of “read it,...

Apr 16th

Sending evils at the tax office. Give me the tax forms for my customer already!

Apr 16th

Fresh piece of doodle-paper on desk. Old one filled....

Apr 16th

You know you blog too much when you use <em> tags in a word document instead of ctrl+I…

Apr 16th

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Apr 15th

Let’s see what joy the canteen has for lunch today. Something with a side order of caffiene...

Apr 15th

Wednesday morning. Five hours sleep. Latte can only do so much. Poke me if I fall asleep at my desk...

Apr 15th

I love superglue. Stone fell out of ring, superglue was wielded, stone is back in ring. Voila.

Apr 15th

Paper cut on index finger makes it bloody hard to use the trackpad! Feeling smug. Worked out some...

Apr 15th

Sylar is just so deliciously evil. Can I has one plz?

Apr 15th

Have paper, will doodle: I like to doodle. This is the...

Apr 14th

Watching Jane Eyre. Love this adaptation

Apr 14th

Tricksy plot point demands cookies and a walk in the sunshine to resolve. I shall comply with the...

Apr 14th

For the record, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780362/ is the Jane Eyre I was watching yesterday (love...

Apr 14th

Let’s see what unplesant surprises await me in todays post…

Apr 14th

Boy Blenheim

Apr 13th

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Apr 13th

cat2

Apr 13th

secret-door

Apr 13th

Cuppa and strange-urban-fantasy-teenagers-getting-up-to-no-good manuscript it is.

Apr 13th

Time to break the fast. Brunch it is. Mmmm, scrambled eggs on english (fake) muffin I think is the...

Apr 13th

First victim of tidying spree - glasses cleaning spray. I put it somewhere safe, but can’t for...

Apr 13th

Ibuprofen. Only way to start the day when alien junior is gnawing at your entrails, determined to...

Apr 13th

wish I would stop waking up early on the only days I get for a lie-in

Apr 13th

stream swamped (rightly) by #amazonfail think need caffeine before can properly make sense of it all

Apr 13th

Food. Should prob eat some food before burrowing under blankets with cuppa & m/s. Brain refusing...

Apr 12th

1st thing to do when get stuff from storage: list all Georgette Heyers so minimize duplicates. Will...

Apr 12th

RT @billt @girlonetrack et al Amazon officially censoring ‘adult’, LGBT-themed &...

Apr 12th

RIght. Submissions not getting themselves read. Strange urban fantasy/horror or...

Apr 12th

Live-blogging of my cleaning now over. Just needed to share the pain! Sorry Twit-Peeps. Off to make...

Apr 10th

OK. The bathroom isn’t going to clean itself… *sigh* Cleaning the bath is definitely my...

Apr 10th

Cup of tea sacrificed to the cleaning gods. When will I learn?

Apr 10th

The answer to the chair dilemma is no, by about two inches. Bugger.

Apr 10th

Having a tidying/cleaning binge. God I’ve got a lot of shoes! Trying to assess if chair will...

Apr 10th

Just had holiday buzz killed by anonymous arsehole at work sending me something in the mail. They...

Apr 10th

Can I resist buying Twilight DVD… film did make me giggle, but AT it, not WITH it (kept...

Apr 9th

Particularly unappetizing chicken soup from the canteen today. Off to the shop for something sweet...

Apr 9th

*gulp* 10,000+ words sent to tame(ish) editor for first thoughts. Will the professionals like it?...

Apr 9th

mended necklace + winding twice round neck = broken necklace again. Why is my head so unnaturally...

Apr 9th

Got to get my inbox cleared down. ARGH!

Apr 9th

Broken necklace + jump ring + 30 seconds = mended necklace. Result.

Apr 9th

Can my hair grow more quickly please?

Apr 8th

DHL? fail.

Apr 6th

2nd massage = totally deknotted. Bliss to be able to move my neck fully again!

Apr 6th

Parcel been to East Midlands (three times), USA (once), Germany (once) since Thursday. Everywhere...

Apr 6th

Awake from unintentional doze. A bit snuffly because curled up on feather pillows by mistake. Hair...

Apr 5th

Been collecting coppers for last two months. £1.31 in the piggy bank. Not a bad haul.

Apr 5th

Nicely surprised by ms. Good, feisty (if a little trusting) heroine with devoted sidekick. Plot...

Apr 5th

Just me, an ms and a cuppa this afternoon. Perfect thing for a hangover. Today ladies and gentlemen,...

Apr 5th

Once again I shouldn’t gloat, but the Malaysia F1 results are making me giggle with glee.

Apr 5th

Engrossed in the Lies of Locke Lamora. Totally haven’t noticed how the time has flown. Really...

Apr 5th

Still not got a fracking clue what to wear tonight. Plus my hair is doing stupid things. Ugh :(

Apr 5th

Nice evening reassuringly lacking in stereotypical internet psychos. drunk though so bed now with...

Apr 5th

Off once more. Wish I could find my enthusiasm tonight. Strangely missing, when this was the one...

Apr 5th

I am LOVING this F1 season and what is happening to Hamilton. Yes, that makes me a bad person, but I...

Apr 5th

lazing in the park in the glorious sunshine. Feel those vitamin D levels topping up!

Apr 5th

Having a “WTF to wear tonight?!” dilemma.

Apr 5th

Three pages to click through AFTER the contact page to find a phone number. DHL customer service...

Apr 4th

Morning peeps. Knackered, but grin on my face :D

Apr 3rd

Loving MaxFactor mascara. Stays put all evening, then runs screaming at just the mere hint of makeup...

Apr 2nd

Off for second (first) date in as many days with as many guys. Loving it!

Apr 2nd

Off for lunch at the classics centre. I love having friends doing phds - I can pretend to be a...

Apr 2nd

For you word counters, that’s 9842 words (11251 if you count the section that’s been...

Apr 1st

Four chapters all to first draft stage. Fifth chapter nearing completion. WTF is going on?! I...

Apr 1st