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The question - do I cut them up (get more images in the space) or leave them as is and just overlay?...

Sep 28th

Oh well, time to break out the postcards and plan the decoration of the screen instead. Yay for my...

Sep 28th

Started second coat of spray painting. Can ran out. This is probably a good thing - after just 5 min...

Sep 28th

10 panels sorted. What to do with the remaining two I am missing glass for?

Sep 28th

Wow. Ikea’s non-slip rug underlay really does work. CatSkating has been derailed. Poor...

Sep 28th

OK Monday, I feel ready to take you on. Long may that feeling last!

Sep 28th

“how often do you re-read the old classics?”...

Sep 25th

Oh decision time. Stay in 9rules or leave 9rules. Really, time to think about the future of...

Sep 25th

OK Dictionary Flyer, I am going to design the hell out of your arse now…

Sep 25th

last week only just made train. This week 15 min early. Got to find that happy medium!

Sep 25th

OK shop, watch out, I come in search of snacks…

Sep 25th

Today it is the Spanish who are earning my ire.

Sep 25th

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Sep 25th

Rory Distant

Sep 25th

damn stumbling across Crow Road adaptation on BBC4 - favourite book so of course staid up to watch....

Sep 24th

Oh, I shouldn’t have stayed up for the Crow Road on TV last night… Zombie Cas today.

Sep 24th

Assorted American publishers? I love you, but you are DOING MY HEAD IN!!!!!

Sep 24th

You might remember me drawing a dragon a while back. End result:...

Sep 24th

£5.95 for what amounts to about a week’s worth of reading (if they were all to come in at the...

Sep 23rd

Reserving spree with the online library catalogue. Well, 85p per book is cheaper than £5/£6 or more...

Sep 23rd

Yay! Dollhouse season one DVD arrived.

Sep 23rd

Memory card crash on phone lost me all my ebooks and photos. What am I to read at the bus stop now?

Sep 23rd

Southampton this weekend is a go.

Sep 23rd

Ugh. The photocopier/printer really hates me. The feeling is mutual. 30 page print job? Not one bit...

Sep 23rd

Fingers crossed for me people - attempt four will hopefully be the charm. Damn non-standard-sized...

Sep 23rd

RT @alantrotter rather fancy looking tablet concept from Microsoft: http://j.mp/18AdvM

Sep 23rd

Today I’m experiencing that Monday feeling times about a gazillion. Should be more rested...

Sep 22nd

Bless “search inside”. Amazon may be taking over the world, but it does make my job...

Sep 22nd

New rug and drawing board completely freaking the cat out. She really isn’t a fan of change.

Sep 20th

Back in Oxford. G’bury great as ever, but not a single bit of 3 signal to be found so no...

Sep 20th

Cat utterly besotted with the new rug. I can see it not remaining pristine very long…...

Sep 20th

Life at 27

Sep 20th

Book ordered. Got to support the (very!) cute author we just signed. Let’s see if his adult...

Sep 18th

Slight birthday hangover, not as bad as I was expecting though. Lots of cakes and flowers in the...

Sep 18th

Today is better than yesterday so far. Fingers crossed it stays like that!

Sep 17th

Catalogue came from the printers today. Looks awesome, even if I do say so myself. So happy with it!

Sep 17th

Completely shameful breakdown in front of my manager. I really, REALLY hate this time of year.

Sep 15th

FRACK it! My tub of pistachios just up-ended all over the floor. And yes, I even said...

Sep 14th

Finally, trash emptied. I love that noise - like a little gremlin sitting on my desk munching my...

Sep 14th

Off to bed to see if I can finished my fourth book of the weekend. Yeah, so much for getting lots of...

Sep 14th

I’ve been awake since 9am, but have yet to get out of bed. Bloody WOLF HALL keeping me...

Sep 13th

Secure-deleting a lot of files from trash. 15 minutes of processor whiring and clunking away, and...

Sep 13th

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Sep 12th

Canary Wharf: You think it’s just one building, but...

Sep 12th

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Sep 12th

The things I do…: Take endless cups of tea, red and...

Sep 12th

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Ferris Wheel by Night

Sep 12th

Juxtaposition: The ferris wheel from inside St Cross...

Sep 12th

Carousel: How old are we really?

Sep 12th

Carousel: How old are we really?

Sep 12th

Carousel: How old are we really?

Sep 12th

Carousel: An oldy, but a goody.

Sep 12th

RT @TamsynTweetie (she got there before me) Make today a #FriendlyFriday in honour of friends...

Sep 12th

OK, tottering mountain of paper that needs sorting - your hours are numbered! *rolls up sleeves*...

Sep 12th

Coffee. As black as my heart, and as hot as sin. Just how I like it… Well, when I drink coffee...

Sep 12th

Bloody plant lept off the shelf AGAIN. You’d think it had a death wish, but it’s...

Sep 12th

Because it happens so rarely at the moment, new blog post: http://bit.ly/15d8Vu

Sep 12th

Most awesome moving sculpture http://bit.ly/1hWYK7 very Heath Robinson.

Sep 12th

Name and Shame

Sep 11th

Q is quality of writing as important as the story? (esp. YA books) I think no excuse for bad...

Sep 10th

OH MY GOD! Yoghurt Covered Pretzels in the post this morning. I LOVE my job sometimes!

Sep 10th

Must. Ration. Yoghurt-covered. Pretzels.

Sep 10th

RSS Links Widget

Sep 10th

Silly postal strike holding up my copy of Catching Fire. Grrr. I knew I should have just brought it...

Sep 9th

Today’s going to be a struggle, I just know it.

Sep 9th

All my knowledge of German gone straight out my head when on phone under pressure. Doh!

Sep 9th

After the Deadline Live for WP.com

Sep 9th

And now I’m off to the Fair.

Sep 8th

In mindnumbing data entry hell.

Sep 8th

Heading out to the backgarden to do some spraypainting. Wearing rattiest jeans and t-shirt can find....

Sep 8th

Home from the fair. That was super fun!

Sep 8th

Holding Pattern

Sep 8th

RSS in the Clouds

Sep 7th

Realised still haven’t read Anathem and brought it last October. My Stephenson-Fan crown is...

Sep 7th

I happily read (&reread) entire System of World trilogy and they’re HUGE, but… My...

Sep 7th

Lovely afternoon tea & cake with @7pleiades, and then surprise visit from Aged P. A very...

Sep 7th

Do I read Wolf Hall, Little Strangers, or Giants of the Frost next? First two are...

Sep 7th

Did I *ask* you to auto-open iTunes, CD? No. Then don’t do it. Strike one for Mr ShaoDow.

Sep 5th

August Wrap-Up

Sep 4th

Customer service success to Boots. Explained situation, got money off new hairdryer (couldn’t...

Sep 4th

Tip: don’t keep emailing me to ask where the files are. It takes a while to upload to FTP,...

Sep 4th

Sitting in the office with the fan heater on. Either my office is even colder than I remember, or...

Sep 4th

New Iain Banks (Transition) out today. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780316731072/Transition

Sep 4th

Finished Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers. With each volume I get more and more impressed with...

Sep 4th

Time for the job I’ve been putting off all day: booking restaurants for Frankfurt. Opening...

Sep 4th

Strike one. Restaurant closed down! (I really hate this bit of the job)

Sep 4th

I get to get a taxi home tonight. Decadent, but only real way to get the screen (picked up for a...

Sep 4th

Well, team will be fed two nights at least. It’s never as bad as I dread, yet each time I...

Sep 4th

3 design choices for screen - postcards, paper, fabric. Can’t decide. Need to find paint...

Sep 4th

And brushes. Turns out ALL my craft materials are 2 hours away in storage at parent’s house....

Sep 4th

Just me in the office today. Bliss.

Sep 3rd

Yay! Fables 4 just arrived. Lots of fun comic reading this weekend.

Sep 3rd

Picture permissions SUCK. I understand why we’ve got them, but ARG!!! Completely destroyed my...

Sep 3rd

Why is everyone asking me for fonts today? I feel bad when I have to keep saying “no”.

Sep 3rd

Forming a blog post. Anyone got ideas to add for “how to work with a designer”? (e.g.,...

Sep 3rd

OK, I think I am a little calmer again and ready to face the afternoon.

Sep 3rd

For a day that started with so much promise, today has gone from shit to worse rather rapidly. Only...

Sep 3rd

I got the line “cunning plan” into the catalogue copy… Small victory for...

Sep 3rd

YAY! Freakangels Vol 2 hardback arrived this morning. I’d almost given up hope of getting a...

Sep 2nd

What to do at lunch? 1 = read more Time Travellers Wife. 2 = read Freakangels. 3 = write some of my...

Sep 2nd

OMG this book will NOT delete itself from my wishlist. GRRR.

Aug 31st

New Scott Lynch story being serialised online: http://www.scottlynch.us/ironsands.html something to...

Aug 31st

So guess how much I *didn’t* get written this weekend. If you guessed “zip, nada,...

Aug 31st

Sleep now. Work tomorrow. Only 4 day week though, so yay :)

Aug 31st