'Books are a uniquely portable magic'

 I've been having a lovely time recently reading Margret Geraghty's serial 'Mending Fences' in recent The People's Friend weekly magazine. It's horse-themed so right up my street and I love her writing. You can get subscription offers on Readly to get back issues of so many magazines (no, I'm not sponsored, lol - I do use Readly, and I have a printed subscription of TPF as well). Highly recommended. You can also read the People's Friend Pocket Novels on Readly. I think they include some newspapers now, too.

Also, if you are a budding writer, or even a seasoned one who fancies some inspiration, Margret has written a couple of books called 'The Five-Minute Writer' and 'More Five-Minute Writing'. You'll never be lost for inspiration again. See link Amazon.com: Margret Geraghty: books, biography, latest update

I've also been reading 'Lost in the Outback' by Alan C Williams. It's great to be lost Down Under and get away from reality. Even better to learn that he has just had a serial published so it won't be over when it's over! Amazon.co.uk: Alan C. Williams: books, biography, latest update

It's been hard to concentrate lately as I'm sure everyone has been finding. It would be possible to scroll through the news reels all day and I'm having to make sure I stay on track with other input and output! At the moment, we're watching Season 2 of The Night Manager.  It took longer than the first season to draw us in, but now that we have reached and watched episode 4, it has gripped us.  I also discovered, by accident, that I somehow hadn't watched the final episode of this season's Call The Midwife so I still have that to look forward to. I can't wait, although I have a strong suspicion that it I am going to need a whole box of tissues. On a normal episode, I probably get through two or three (tissues, not boxes😀).

I'm still ploughing through the edit/rewrite of the stories for my book Kaleidoscope. It is taking longer than I had anticipated, but everything seems to so I guess I just generally underestimate everything in life.

I'm also still fiddling about trying to decide on a website builder. Might get that done before 2027...

I hope you are enjoying everything you are reading, writing or watching. 

• “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” — Stephen King

So true! And now, with ebooks, they are more portable than ever. 

Imagine life without books 😧