Several times in the past few weeks I have fretted about failing to make time for another post, but I decided in the end not to worry about it.
I've been busy and really shouldn't feel bad about that!
My trip away, to North Wales and then Herefordshire, was lovely in so many ways, catching up with old friends, being spoiled rotten, feeling completely relaxed and refreshed, in spite of tweeking my back on the last day!
The Olympics and now the Paralympics have been so uplifting, even from my humble sofa. I've never been the athletic type but I completely agree with those who say "these should be our role models" - not even necessarily because of their sporting prowess, but their attitude, dedication, discipline, notions which have too often been forgotten in the shallow adulation of minor celebrity in the past few years.
Preparations for Chiplitfest 2013 (I'm co-director along with Emily Carlisle who pens the award winning blog More than just a mother ) are well under way and we're all so excited at the prospect of building an even more amazing festival than our fantastic inaugural event. We have a superb team who are all working extremely hard already to ensure that we deliver beyond expectations on all fronts. Watch out for a link to our new website, due to be launched in a few weeks packed with news to whet your appetites for next year.
Across the summer I've been receiving feedback from folk kind enough to read the first draft of my first novel, so my next task is to embark on a second edit and write a synopsis before setting it on its most perilous adventure yet, to see whether an agent with vision will pick it up and run with it.
Rather than wait and worry I will then embark on my next novel, a partner, another part of the tale. I relish the thought of exploring the opening already so firmly fixed in my thoughts.
First though, a weekend of domesticity, what a good friend used to call "reality tasks", in the house, the garden; oh, and an adult christening, my first. I am intrigued but will save my thoughts on religion and beliefs and faith for a separate post.
