First off – happy Yule to you all! I hope you each had a wonderful time with plenty of food and drink, cheer and laughter and a huge amount of love. Rather like a lot of other bloggers at the moment, I’m saying goodbye to 2011 and hello shiny new 2012. And like Janus, who presides [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Looking Backwards & Forwards
Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday, 31st December, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Write Write WRITE!
Posted in NotAWriMo, Writing on Wednesday, 14th December, 2011 | 3 Comments »
As we wave goodbye to another November, we also wish adieu to Bonfire Night (a celebration of seeing people hung, drawn and quartered or a chance to channel V for Vendetta, depending on how you look at it), the dregs of Halloween, my birthday (complete with a most civilised tea party) and NaNoWriMo. As you’ve [...]
Privacy – now off and why it was on
Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday, 13th December, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hello all! A little apology – I’ve had my blog on invisible lately as I’ve started teaching and I didn’t want my learners to be able to find this blog by googling my name, particularly because of photos of me in my stays, etc. I’ve spent a while deleting all mention of my surname, so [...]
… Mistress of None
In which I chat about writing, books, history, learning to sew and attempting to get published.Current projects:
~ Stays (70% complete).
~ Writing A Thief & A Gentlewoman. Current words: 50,560 (19/7/10 - woot, broken 50,000!!!).
~ Birthday Masquerade Party Costume, AKA Lady Luck Pierrot outfit.
~ Prince of Persia: Tamina costume.
~ Embroidered pocket.
~Butterick B4790.
~Relocating.
~Editing Part 1 of A Thief & A Gentlewoman.
~Need to update links list!Done!Planned projects:
~ Setting up the study (for writing and sewing).
~ A polonaise style jacket from The Cut of Women's Clothes.
~ Mid-18th century jacket - pink damask.Keep up – RSS Feeds
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