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A Christmas gift for my chickens!

Whether it’ll all be ready for Christmas I don’t know, only time will tell, and if the weather behaves. Today I started digging out the base where I need to lay the concrete base for the chickens new shed to … Continue reading

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25 things I’ve learned from 25 years in books…

Originally posted on Mark Stay Writes:
December 1992: Charles and Di announced their separation, the NET book agreement was still in place, Amazon was still just a river to most people, and a fresh-faced bookseller started a temporary Christmas placement…

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All marked out…….

I’m all marked out, it took a whole lot of planning, and a handful of weeding. I’m all marked out, it’s hard to dig you sometimes, when I’m forking and shovelling you around. The trees are out, the fencing is … Continue reading

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The Bestseller Experiment is back!

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After a bit of a post-publication break, the Bestseller Experiment podcast has returned, with an episode we recorded… back in September… Okay, so that’s maybe cheating a bit, but it’s an excellent episode featuring three…

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I don’t feel exposed any more!

As you know the cypress trees where ripped out on Sunday, and then we felt very exposed to the elements for several days. The wind whizzed across the field, and even the chickens found it rather chilly, as they puffed … Continue reading

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Sunday 5th November 2017 – Timber!!!!!

For many people the 5th of November is synonymous with firework and Guy Fawkes and the failed plot to blow up the King and the houses or Parliament. But in our family the 5th of November will be the date … Continue reading

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Bodiam Castle – Wednesday 1st November

It’s been a while since I written a blog, but I’ve not been able to do any more in my garden, as I’m still waiting for the trees to come down….more about them later. Also living out in the middle … Continue reading

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Launch day diary – Back to Reality

Originally posted on Mark Stay Writes:
Yesterday, we finally launched our book Back to Reality (I may have mentioned it once or twice on social media), and it was an incredible day. Here’s what I wrote in my diary last…

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The best novel I have ever read…..

My husband Mark is a very busy man. We’ve been married for 22 years, but if you actually work out how much time we tend to spend doing stuff together each day, it’s very little. But then we accept that … Continue reading

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One week to go!

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We publish our book BACK TO REALITY in just a week’s time on Monday October 16th. And, for some reason, we thought it would be a good idea to have a week of daily…

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