I spotted this pretty book during one of my forays into a book shop just before Yule. I stopped in my tracks, stared and then had a look at the blurb. But it’s a bad idea to buy things for yourself in the run up to Yule, so I had to walk on by. After [...]
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Who’s been to The Night Circus?
Posted in Books, Fantasy fiction on Wednesday, 4th January, 2012 | 7 Comments »
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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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