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My wonderful readers, the time has finally arrived!  Today, after over two years of blood, sweat and tears, my novel entitled,  The Other Woman , has finally flown the nest.  My pride and joy has been sent off around the world, across the seas and will land on an incredible literary agents desk soon! I am a bundle of nerves - I feel sick to the stomach but so excited at the same time! I've never had the courage to send my manuscript off before, but after brutal editing and many, MANY hours of re-writing, pulling my hair out, fiddling with layouts and copious amounts of black coffee I finally did it! Please, please wish me lots of luck and keep me in your prayers - this is the biggest day of my life and hopefully the start of my career as a published (and best-selling) author. I have never wanted something so badly, nor have I ever worked harder. This is my life dream and destiny. So fingers and toes crossed! The rest is now up to fate.

The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder by Holly McQueen My rating: 2 of 5 stars This could quite possibly be (OK, most certainly is...) THE most annoying fictional character that I have ever 'met.' The story-line is actually pretty great! But Isabel Bookbinder infuriated me throughout all 400+ pages. There is absolutely no one in the world that unfortunate - and absolutely no one that has that little sense of the world. And the procrastination!!!! Urgh!!!! As a novelist myself - I get some of what the author is trying to portray - but what angers me is that it's like Isabel doesn't really even want to write a book... she's too caught up in her own lala land to do so! I got this book because I've been missing London (a lot) recently and the closest I could come to it was to live vicariously through a book. It mentions places like The Wolsley (which is a place I have been lucky enough to dine at before,) and it was so good to read bits about London.... ...

I finally put my Go Pro Hero 4 Silver to use yesterday when I went out for a surf. They are such cool little inventions! I had a good laughing playing back to videos it captured of me getting absolutely pummeled (repeatedly) by waves.  I haven't used it enough to give it a proper review just yet but I CAN say that they are finicky little things!!!!!! I got incredibly pissed off with it because no matter what I tried, I couldn't get it onto Video and Photo setting. It only took videos so the pics above are all crappy screenshots I managed to get when watching the videos later. I did have it on video and photo mode but then I took it to a shop to buy the 'floaty back door' accessory and the annoying know-it-all behind the counter fiddled with the settings.... so I don't know if I was more annoyed with the shop assistant or the bloody camera. I've reset the camera to default settings and everything, but I just can't get it to do what I want!! Highly irritatin...

Get ready for this Spring's latest fashion trends from fringe action, to not-so-over-you-overalls, to chic ponchos! Everything you could need to strut the streets in the latest fashions, without breaking the bank. Here are a few key pieces that would look wonderful hanging in your closet, and even better on you! When it comes to personal style there are no rules, play with what you like and vamp up that outfit with these street stunners, happy shopping ladies! Personally I love these kinds of styles, whether they're stylish overalls or plaid, even beautiful cutout pieces, if I can't envision myself wearing it more than once and in various way I won't invest most times. But I adore these chic styles, easily vamping up any outfit! And perfect for incorporating throughout the seasons. Fashion and style doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg, if it can make you happy and its in your budget, then why the heck not, right?! 

I want to take some time today to share with you a bit about the life of a writer. It's really not as glamorous as people make it out to be. It's manic. It's messy. It's chaotic. It's cluttered.  There are copious amounts of coffee mugs scattered around every available counter-top and crumpled up papers litter almost every corner.  Notebooks crammed with notes pile as high as skyscrapers.  Pens... pens everywhere! The worst part is that most of them have been sucked dry of ink when you find you need them the most!!!  It's STRESSFUL!!! To help that stress, some delightfully clever person came up with something I like to refer to as:  'The Writers Bible.' Mine may not be the most recent copy but  it has helped me out SO much. Not only does it hold names and contact  details of countless literary agents and publishers but also how to contact them.  It also has info about self-publishing (if you would rather go that route..) as well as explaining lega...

Meet Cheryl, 5 years ago her mother died of cancer. Once upon a time she'd been the one that seemed to have it altogether, but as she battled through her grief, she went off the beaten track (figuratively and literally).  Before she makes the wild decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (a 1.100 mile hike), Cheryl loses sight of herself as she dapples in adultery, sex and drugs. When the divorce with her husband is finalized, she sets off on her journey, hoping to get back to being the woman that she once was.  There's one slight hitch though.... she's never backpacked or hiked before. Nor had she trained for this trip. She was not prepared for what she was about to get herself into at all! Wild has gotten so many mixed reviews and mine is a combination of both good and bad.  I enjoyed this book. I found the writing excellent, the descriptions beautiful, the honesty and raw quality brutal yet addictive. Yet I found that the book droned on... seemingly never-en...

My hair is not long... 2 years ago I chopped it ALL off into a pixie cut. Here's a picture as evidence: In the 2 years since then, my hair has taken its sweet time to grow back to this: So HOW do I get a ponytail to look this long without the use of extensions or clip in hair pieces????  It's SO simple I have no idea why I hadn't thought of it before to be honest! * All you do is scoop your hair into two different sections.     * Tie each section into a ponytail: one on top and one below.  (Make sure the top ponytail has enough hair to hide the elastic for the below ponytail... you need to try and make it look as natural and as sneaky as possible :) It takes less than a minute to style your hair this way and gives you so much extra length. Voila! Do you have any awesome hair tricks?  I'd love to read all about them in the comments below!