IT’S TODAY!

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Curtain up. Light the lights.

It’s here.  It’s today.

Singles’s Holiday, my little book, the one that got me fired, is now A PLAY.  And tonight it opens its run at the Brentwood Theatre.  We bring some of Antigua’s holiday magic and sunshine to rainy Essex.  We open the doors on a singles’ holiday.

I feel such a rainbow of emotions; excitement, pride, nervousness, disbelief, gratitude, satisfaction.  I want to stand in the street and yell at passers-by, or run into the superstore and stand at the top of the escalator with a megaphone, or invade the BBC News Chanel … Read the rest »

JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY

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Oh boy!  We are just FOUR DAYS away from the opening night of Singles’ Holiday at the Brentwood Theatre  http://www.brentwood-theatre.co.uk/showdetail.php?seq=665   I’m having to pinch myself!  It’s hard to believe that after all this time – we’re on!  I realise that I am experiencing something many, many writers can only dream of: seeing my novel performed on the stage.

Originally, Singles’ Holiday was going to be a mockumentary, filmed on location in Antigua.  Unfortunately, it didn’t work out as the production company pulled the plug three weeks before filming was due to commence.  But I couldn’t let go of all the … Read the rest »

Julie Barker

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Julie Barker (aka Mrs Julie Carter) is one of the most talented people I know.  Julie has been teaching dance for thirty-two years, twenty-nine of those as the principal of Tip-Toe Stage School in South Ockendon, Essex.  Her students have performed in many of the West End’s theatres, Disneyland Paris and at the Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies and several have gone on to have West End careers.  http://tiptoestageschool.co.uk  Her shows are always innovative and the standard very professional, so I am delighted that she is the choreographer and musical director of the Melabeau Productions panto … Read the rest »

The Law of Compensation – Rough and Smooth

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Life has one undeniable Law to keep us grounded, I find: the Law of Compensation.

This is such a wonderful, exciting time for me.  We are deep into rehearsals for Singles’ Holiday and to see it all taking shape is amazing.  And we are blessed and so fortunate to have Peter Dean and Donovan Christian-Cary join the cast.  Working alongside them is a joy and we are all learning so much.  And as a writer, suddenly ‘meeting’ your characters is a strange, yet wonderfully fulfilling, experience.  It’s at the Brentwood Theatre, 13-17 October.   http://www.brentwood-theatre.co.uk/showdetail.php?seq=665

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It’s Happening!

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It’s happening.  It is actually happening.  Singles’ Holiday, the stageplay, is happening!  After so many months of writing, re-writing, read-throughs, auditions, meetings, hoping and dreaming, it will soon be performed on stage.  I am trembling with excitement!

How lucky am I?  It is an author’s dream to see their work come to life – certainly it has been this author’s dream for a long, long time.  I was excited at the various read-throughs we had but tonight… tonight we all got together and suddenly – there it was!  I am truly blessed.  I know that the next three weeks will … Read the rest »

Katie Smith

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What a treat today!  Our guest is the innovative South African-born designer Katie Smith.  Yes!

Katie has been living in London since 2007, currently living in South West London. After graduating in Media & Communications, Marketing and Interior Design, Katie worked in Interior Design, ladies fashion design and Public Relations, until she decided to follow her dream.   Katie has recently started her own business, home-sown, making and creating her own handmade products, which I can tell you, are beyond fabulous.  And you can see them all at: www.home-sown.com

ES:  So, here we go with … Read the rest »

Jo Hurst

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Our guest today is one of my favourite reviewers and bloggers, Jo Hurst.  I’ll let her introduce herself and tell us all about her Hot Holiday! secrets!

I’m Jo from Cometbabesbooks, I am from a little town near Manchester, called Wigan. I love reading and holidays, I try to get away at least a couple of times a year. I started my blog in September 2013 and have made loads of lovely new friends since then. I am addicted to social media, crisps and wine.

ES: Where did you spend your last holiday and why did you choose to go … Read the rest »

Now That’s What I Call Service!

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The saga of the iPad continues…..

Having learned to live with the blips and the buffering over the last two weeks, I was dismayed to see the charge lead for my iPad was wearing through.  Those of you familiar with said lead will know it has a sort of bendy bit where you plug it in.  Well, it might have seemed like a good idea at the time to Apple and I’m sure whoever designed it  like that had their reasons but, mine had bent itself to such a degree that it broke.  I, of course, panicked.

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