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Packing
We’ll be going on another ‘deployment’ in the van soon (that’s a term borrowed from Gary’s time in the Royal Navy, which we use for any trip longer than a fortnight. Prior to any deployment Gary likes to take absolutely everything out the van, clean it and then replace those things we need. We call this fettling, and it’s Gary’s part of ship.
We’re now on the repacking phase. Most things go straight back in, but sometimes we decide not to keep carrying around something we never use, to upgrade or replace something, and a few things are seasonal.
These are my autumn / winter weight hiking socks. They, and all our underwear, swimwear, and T-shirts go into these zip up bags. We have six each.
Big sale!
From 13th September, almost all my ebooks are currently available for 99p in the UK, or 99c in the US. You can find them here. Due to some technical stuff which makes no sense to me, I can’t make them all that price for the same period, so a few are only on offer for a couple of days. Most though will be reduced all week.
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There’s a new way to by my paperbacks – direct from the printer, and at a cheaper price than going through Amazon. I’m just trying to work out how to create and use the links to make that easy.
https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=dgmJG5JTtqCezL60jpKBPMKBifJKRf4gn18TjZouYhy
I think that works, but it’s not pretty, is it?
Icing on the Cake
I have a short story in the current issue of Ireland’s Own.
Judging by the decoration on the cake, that illustration was created especially for my story. Sweet!
Cake break
I took a break from editing to bake a cake. One more chapter and I’ll take another break to eat it! (I’ll share with Gary, I promise.)
What do you reckon – giant strawberries, or tiny cake?
Sunriset
I invented a new word! The phrase ‘sunrise and sunset’ was too long for where I wanted to use it, so I shortened it to sunriset. OK, OK, I admit I was aiming to remove ‘and sunset’ and missed deleting the T, but I like the result. It’s ideal for when you see a photo like this one –
No doubt a few people could say for certain whether it was shot at sunrise or sunset (me for instance, as I took it). Could you? Or would you prefer to play it safe and use sunriset?
Just testing…
There’s a new way to buy my books, if I can just get the links to work.
https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=dgmJG5JTtqCezL60jpKBPMKBifJKRf4gn18TjZouYhy
Word of Mouth
I have a story in the current issue of Take A Break’s Fiction Feast. You may have read that the magazine is using stories which have been created with AI assistance. That’s true, but as far as I’m aware, that only applies to those credited to the fiction team. I wrote mine myself, without AI (I never use it) and I know the same is true of several other named authors. They’re friends of mine, and in some cases I read early drafts of the stories.
