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Be sensible about slimming

A new year, a new me... a 1930's me? My great-aunt has an amazing collection of old newspapers and magazines, I was sat looking through them a couple of days ag...

Who else is just starting out as an author? Let's share some love, and show some support!

I am in month three of Author land, and am getting ready to launch a second book...as well as revamping my first to fit in with the first volume. I try very har...

Welcome to Self-Publishing Hell, or How to Start to Climb Out of It and be an Independent Author!

Picture courtesy of Pixabay and is free for commercial use. I originally started to write this in response to another user, @hayleyuk but decided to make it a p...

HELP!! Um, What Happened to My Account?

(Image my own, and is a picture of the bridge I used to have to cross to get to my home when I lived in WV. I rather feel like I used to when I had to cross tha...

What the Hell? To Post or Not to Post on Steemit.

(Image courtesy of pixabay, and is free for commercial use. Don't be that little girl about to be eaten by a demon!) It occurred to me one day that, while Steem...

The Listener

Just a note...I've been a busy girl, it's been a busy year, and lots has changed in the world, but it's all stayed the same really, hasn't it? I haven't forgot ...

I Took a Break...

I took a break as work became overwhelming and Portugal burned. The world basically ignored it, even tourists ignored it, breathtaking plumes of smoke filling t...

A Literary Walk in the Woods...A Walk up Big Creek in McDowell County, West Virginia

For most people, the place they were born is special, it is their home. For me, my birthplace is magical, special, and displays, to me, a perfect example of the...

The Big 4-0

Tomorrow morning at around 4.15am I will have completed my first 40 years on this fine earth. This is big. Because it means I've only got 10-15 years before I h...

Original Fiction: For All The Marbles (Part 2 of 3)

This story was written four years ago as part of a writing workshop, off the prompt to write something about an object: in this case, a marble. It was the first...

Living in a World in Uproar...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay I think this about sums up most of us lately From Facebook to real life, from my author newsletter to Steem, there are waves of desp...

When You Almost Get Stranded in a Foreign City and Learn Why You Should Always Trust Your Instincts...Even When You Don't Want To.

.jpg) WARNING: There are bad words below. More than a few... I've had this friend for a while now. Let's call him Mark, because I don't want to get sued. Mark i...

Lilies

A wash of colour Today's drawing is of lilies, you may have see my recent post Pink Lily, an ink and watercolour sketch in which I drew a single lily flower. Fo...

Best of Steemit Thursday: My Friend Gets An Air Conditioner. Praise Steemit!

Best of Steemit Every Day Every day, I bring you eight posts you should think hard about upvoting and supporting. These are quality posts, well written and good...

Best of Steemit Wednesday: DANGER, Will Robinson! Man, am I in trouble...

Best of Steemit Every Day Every day, I bring you eight posts you should think hard about upvoting and supporting. These are quality posts, well written and good...

Houston we Have Liftoff! Or an Air Conditioner...Climatizador...whatever, I'm not sweating!

You see that thing in front of the giant dog overtaking my bed? Yeah, that's my brand new ar climatizador, purchased, at last, with the knowledge that I have th...

Don't be a Doormat!

https://steemitimages.com/DQmaSyNpzw2q7RrYiinHEqzUWXrnD9DCo93pfaxEnaQjM9A/B301E1EA-CFBE-46B9-80D3-913B99AF6B40-820-0000007E5EEAFE42.jpg I grew up as a people pl...

West Virginia, the Land of My People...

My Dad sent me this picture yesterday to show how beautiful home is. How beautiful it has always been, really. I miss those mountains terribly. They really are ...

What is the Gunder-Snat?

https://steemitimages.com/DQmei1YaHML82nGrcbviSMuQaCLjBuMz54DH2Hbxqc1vLNh/branch-1753736640.jpg I think, perhaps, you should listen To what I'm about to say, It...

WHAT?!?! HE WRITES HIS OWN STORIES, TOO?!?!?!?

Sigh. Yeah. I do. Mostly--really mostly--I just pimp other people's. For six weeks I've blasted out links to eight posts in Best of Steemit, all by other people...