Lovely Tara at Stickyfingers and Jay from Mocha Bean Mummy spent a day last summer trying to stop a bunch of mummy bloggers giggling for long enough to make a calendar. Now they’ve asked us to run through our blogging CV if we want a copy. Well, I do want a copy, though I’m pretty sure I won’t be looking my best, because it will be a lovely souvenir of one of the best bits of blogging – meeting kindred spirits. So here’s my resume.
I started my blog, in mid-divorce, as a sort of therapy. It was an outlet – for my own frustrations at the ridiculously aggressive divorce laws we have in this country and, I hoped, it would also be a potential resource for anyone else going through the same thing. Now, six years down the line, it’s become so much more. Of course I still have the odd rant about the difficulties of separation, blending and reintegration – but mostly my blog has become a description of everyday life for a family which is sometimes two, sometimes four and sometimes six-strong, depending on who’s where and what’s going on. A friend came round last night, had a look around, and said, ‘what you need is a really, really big wall chart.’
What I really really need is someone to direct the traffic. But oops, that’s me. It’s not easy, but I think, dear reader, I may, just may, be getting better at it.
Meanwhile, I also use my blog as a platform for my writing. Sometimes I try out other styles or personae, sometimes I just shamelessly flog my wares. And that’s what I am going to do now as – woooohoooo – my first novel, Hot Chocolate, has just come out on Kindle. It costs £2.25, or probably less than the price of a hot chocolate at Starbucks (I tried to check but couldn’t find the prices, sorry) and it’s a lot less fattening. If you do buy it – and there’s no pressure, *ahem* – and you have a minute to spare, it would be wonderful if you could give me a review.
Now then, what photo shall I choose? Tara and Jay want a picture of my blogging inspiration. I can’t use the children, who are really my inspiration, so I’ll pick this picture, which is actually one of Tara’s. It’s a beautiful woodland scene which I use as my screensaver in my study, at the heart of my lovely new home.
Beautiful photo to choose
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Thank so much, Suburbia, hope you had a lovely time and here’s to a very happy New Year! x