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Kinda sounds like a porn film, doesn't it?

Sorry to disappoint, but this is more to do with a disconnect between my fingers and my brain than dodgy photos! With increasing frequency, my fingers type words completely different to what my brain tells them. I have no idea how this happens -- they just seem to have a mind of their own when it comes to the keyboard!

I could understand if I was listening to music and I ended up typing the words filtering through my brain... but I write in silence. So...

I've always been fascinated by Brit-speak. Even after living here for six years -- and adopting much of the local vocab -- there are words that just jump out at me as being so British. Here are my top ten!

1. Knackered. What a day. I'm knackered! It's so expressive you can't help but love it.

2. Rubbish. Ashley Cole is absolute rubbish. Don't worry if you don't know who Ashley Cole is. Take it from me, he's rubbish.

3. Rubber. Please can you hand me a rubber? I'm not getting fresh; (yay! semi-co...

I seem to have developed a very unhealthy obsession with semi-colons as of late.

There's just something so alluring about connecting two thoughts together without having to make a definite stop between the two. It's the perfect compromise between a comma and a period. And really, have you ever seen a better-looking piece of punctuation? It's like it's winking at you while keeping your thoughts in line.

Perhaps I'm blinded by love but I really don't care. Semi-colon, I adore you.

What's your...

There's a collection of vital munchies and liquids that get me through my day -- writing or otherwise. I like to think of them as writing 'super-foods'. Each represents a particular phase on my writing day.




Coffee.

Of course, coffee. I start the morning energetic, ready to launch myself on my MS full steam ahead.







Bread.


Oh, I how I love bread. It's my mid-morning snack once the caffeine buzz wears off and I'm really kneading the heck out of my MS.






Nuts! When it's crunch time in the mid-afternoon a...

Thank you so much to everyone who commented on yesterday's post. Every ping in my inbox lifted my spirits!

There's so much great stuff going on in the blogosphere lately I thought I'd do my part to help spread the word.



First up is Candyland's amazing contest, I Heart Joy like BR80. You can win some fantastic prizes, including two of my 24 Hours series travel books (London and Paris -- not that I'm saying they're fantastic or anything, but they are pretty darn good!). !

I'm tired today. So, so tired. I had one of those nights last night -- the kind where you awaken at 3:45 in the morning and your head instantly floods with 'what ifs'. So in the interest of sharing my worries to make them smaller, lucky lucky you gets to read about them! How's that for blog therapy?

A small selection of things rattling around my brain last night:
What if I can't get my novel exactly where I want it to be?What if people hate it, what if it flops, etc etc?What if I never make it...

'Too many twits make a twat', . But as much as I respect the man and his slash-happy policies (harhar), I have to disagree. I don't think it's possible to tweet too much; in fact, if you want to get the most out of Twitter, the more the better.

I'm a firm believer that Twitter can sell books. In my own experience, it's proven true. I've had some wonderful promotional opportunities come my way through Twitter which -- judging from Amazon...

Last night my husband and I clashed over the particularly hot issue of CDs. Not which one to buy, nor which one to play. No, this clash was about putting a CD back in its correct case.

See, I have a habit of removing a CD and popping it back in the first available empty case. I don't mean to; usually my mind is elsewhere and I'm just not paying attention. My non-detail-oriented self doesn't really see this as a big deal, but for my order-loving husband it's a travesty of the highest order.

On t...

This is turning out to be a stellar week for titles and I can't wait to welcome a whole new crop of visitors to my blog, har har.

But joking aside, I'm very pleased today to have Stephanie Butland here from . After a successful fundraiser back in May, she's kicking off the Bah! Brilliant Book Bonanza again in August. Each Sunday, there'll be a selection of books up for grabs to those who donate, so make sure to check it out.

Take it away, Stephanie!

What is BBBB?

The Bah! Brilliant ...

I've been doing a lot of thinking about cosmetic surgery lately -- not for myself, but for a novel. And poor ol' SuBo here is making me ponder: what if I could have an extreme writing makeover? What kind of writer would I want to be if I could redesign myself from top to toe?

First and foremost, I'd love to be a writer who could Tweet all day, never be distracted and never get thrown off course when an exciting review or a bit of news trickles through the inbox. I'd like to have a brain of st...