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So today I was NOT shopper savvy……(Bad Fake)
I fell into a trap last week. There was a tweet that came through, offering me Oakley sunnies at 50% off. "Bargain!" I thought to myself, "I'll hop online and order four pairs". The website was called something like and the Oakley logo was all over it. I browsed, I…
How to not sell your business good…..
I was searching for a promotions company in Sydney today and found these guys. To be honest, if this is how they deliver a page of content to potential clients, what are they giving out in their internal briefings? I love the fact the typos where perfectly timed, so maybe…
One Kick by Chelsea Cain … A real book hangover
Kick was abducted when she was six, from her front yard, by a senior member of a paedophile ring. She did what she was told and learnt what she could, until she was found by Detective Frank six years later. He found her in a secluded home, off a main…
Phew….Big Writing Day!
Huge writing day today! I was up bright and early to complete;- 33 product descriptions, 4 blog posts, 2 Facebook posts and 10 website pages. All done. Phew! Time for a wine reward I think! #wine#freelancewriter#workingsunday
Sounds on a Sunday – Brit Edition – Futureheads Hounds of Love
In anticipation of flying back home to Blighty, it's also one of the best cover versions ever of a Kate Bush Classic. Futureheads - Hounds of Love
My holiday read will be… One Kick
Thank you to Anna from Simon and Schuster for my thrilling holiday read! From the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell thrillers: The first in a nail-biting new series featuring Kick Lannigan, a young woman whose complicated past has given her a very…
Today I met Kylie Fornasier author of Masquerade…
Today I met Kylie Fornasier at Kinokuniya, one of my favourite Sydney bookstores. She was there signing copies of her book Masquerade and I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet and get my copy signed! Thanks Kylie for the writing tips and for being so friendly and…
I’ve finished reading ‘Confessions of a Qantas flight attendant’…….
I will admit, I had a 'meh' attitude about reading this book. I had come off the back of reading two, great, YA fiction books and I thought this might be just a very long tabloid expose, but this book turned out to be something else indeed. Owen doesn't just…
My next read.. Confessions of a Qantas flight attendant
Who doesn't love the guilty pleasure of a bit of scandal now and then?.... Want to know what really goes on on an aeroplane? Let's go behind the scenes and fly high with these tall tales and gossip from the galley!Everyone wants to be a flight attendant, or at least…