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Category Archives: birthday
Let me take you there – Terrible With Raisins: the naughty bits…
Clair, having fled to the gorgeous island of Symi to escape that BIG birthday, has a rare night’s sleep. And instead of the usual nightmare… “Blessedly asleep that night, I met a new person who was neither male nor female … Continue reading
Posted in birthday, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Fiction, Greek Islands, Humour, Life on the edge, new writing, Single mother, Writing
Tagged birthday, contemporary Fiction, Fiction, fiftieth birthday, Fifty, Greek Islands, holiday reading, Humour, Lynne McVernon, new writing, Symi, Terrible with Raisins, Women writers, women's fiction, Writing
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Stick to what you’re good at.
As an ex – many years ex – art student, I was perhaps over optimistic about designing my own book covers. We got there, eventually, Martyn & I, with the amateurish painting my department and tidying it up digitally, his. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, birthday, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Fiction, Greek Islands, Humour, new writing, Writers, Writing
Tagged book cover, contemporary Fiction, Design, Greek Islands, middle age, new novel, new writing, romance, Symi, Terrible with Raisins, Women writers, women's fiction, Writing
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Behind the holiday island: Leros as seen by Takis Varnas
Apart from the beauty of the island of Leros, Martyn and I return year after year because of the friends we have made there. We have known Takis Varnas and his family the longest. They have all helped me one … Continue reading
Posted in birthday, Britain in EU, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Desperation, European Union, Greek Islands, Health Care, Leros, new writing, Personal, Refugees
Tagged Fiction, Greece, Greek Islands, holiday reading, Hospital, Jigsaw Island, Leros, Mental Health, new novel, new writing, Refugees, Symi, Terrible with Raisins, Women writers, women's fiction, Writing
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Diana re-appears on Leros!
In 2002, Martyn and I went to Leros to celebrate his 50th birthday. As usual, we stayed at Studios Happiness and had fun with the Varnas family, Mixailis, Eytychia, Despina, Takis, and micra – little – Eytychia (granddaughters being named … Continue reading
Posted in birthday, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Fiction, Greek Islands, Humour, Leros, new writing, Personal, Single mothers, Unbound publishing, Writers, Writing
Tagged contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Fifty, Greece, Greek Islands, holiday reading, Humour, Jigsaw Island, Leros, Lynne McVernon, new novel, new writing, retsina, Unbound publishing, Women writers, Writing
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