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~~ Please note: this blog is on hiatus from 2023, and this site will not be updated regularly. If you do need to contact me, please do so at editor [at] writingandcoe [dot] co [dot] uk. ~~ So 2022 involved moving house, getting a new (unexpectedly stressful!) job, saying goodbye to two feline friends and … Continue reading "A Life Update: 2023 Hiatus"

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It’s somehow August? The END of August? I’m not entirely sure where that’s all gone… Well, I do know: we moved house. And I’m changing jobs. And we decided to pick August for doing All The Trips. So, good news first! We moved house! We’re still in Oxford, but have moved down to one of … Continue reading "A Life Update: August 2022"

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I am having a quiet giggle to myself on this Bank Holiday morning, as obviously – because it’s Britain – it’s tipping down with rain. There are lots of planned BBQs, parties, drinks, fireworks… and it’s raining. He he he. (I am staying inside and working today, so I am missing out already – but … Continue reading "A June Update: 2022"

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We have just come back from a long-long-weekend in Lydford, Devon… and it was a little more eventful than planned! Things Wot We Did: Turned the car into a boy racer… …and then got assistance in making the boy racer slightly less, well, exhaust-dragging-on-the-ground-style… by a bunch of Polish moving crew, who turned up with … Continue reading "Wot I Did On My Holidays (April-May 2022 Edition)"

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Welcome to my office! Aka, my brain. Think about having a filing cabinet in your room; a good solid one, that has been kicked around and sat on and opened & closed relentless times. That’s memory, right? Plus stacks of files around that are all the stuff you’re currently dealing and interacting with, and then post-it … Continue reading "What Does Memory Loss Feel Like?"

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So I have already squee’d about my love of Victoria Goddard with The Hands of the Emperor, and over about a week I voraciously read my way through the Greenwing & Dart series. There’s currently six: So, they are: Stargazy Pie, Bee Sting Cake, Whiskey Jack, Blackcurrant Fool, Love-in-a-Mist, and Plum Duff. A seventh is due…sometime! (I am very … Continue reading "Book Review: Greenwing & Dart series by Victoria Goddard"

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Good Neighbors by Stephanie Burgis When a grumpy inventor meets her outrageous new neighbor in the big black castle down the road, more than one type of spark will fly! Mia Brandt knows better than to ever again allow her true powers to be discovered. Ever since her last neighbors burned down her workshop in … Continue reading "Review: Good Neighbors by Stephanie Burgis"

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Long time no speak! It’s felt harder and harder to update here; partly because I feel like I’ve got nothing happening, partly because a lot of what I want to say is either nebulous or Not A Good Idea or just eh, and partly I’m struggling because it’s a should… and I have enough of … Continue reading "A Kate Update: February 2022"

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A bundle of reviews for fairytales, magic and romance! Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales Book 1) by Olivia Atwater It’s difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you’re a young lady with only half a soul. Ever since a faerie cursed her, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear, embarrassment, or … Continue reading "A Basket of Magical Reviews"

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