my journey as a civil war novel writer

I've got my cloak! I know it is a totally different one from the ones I showed you. But it is more practical. I have three to four outfits for fairs. one is purple/black, two are burgundy and the other is burgundy/cream. This cloak can go with all four of them. Most of the fairs are in times that the weather can still be a bit cold. The biggest one Elf fantasy fair is in April. Usually they have good weather but you can't could on it. If it is raining I don't go in costume anyway so they don't have to be watertight. Now the praying starts that it gets past customs without costing me more money. Bleh! This week is mostly devoted to reading. A client came up last week w ith a background that I know nothing about, luckily I was able to find some secondhand books on the matter. yeah bol.com. And have already started reading. End of the week I am going to Belgium again to celebrate Mel's birthday. So on saturday I also read some rules for games. I have a few new ones th...

I have to apologise to my readers but posting will be sporadic for now. I have so many other things to do, think about, prepare and write having to do with the practice that this has to take a backseat. Last week I noticed that I was getting stressed again with all the things I had to do. Of course the only one making me do them was ME. So ME is the only one who can stop it and will!!! Don't worry about me, things are going well. Only like usual my brain is a little bit ahead of the rest of my body. My first client went very well last week and I enjoyed it. It also filled me with other ideas for my practice that I would like to work on. But I had a few bad days regarding pain and wisely stayed away from the computer as much as possible for a while. Bummer, the ban on painkillers is for headaches but it means I can't take them for the muscleaches either. I finished my favorite all time book again last night. Sharon Penman's Sunne in Splendour about Richard III. That books mo...

Yesterday was not a good day painwise. I am still in a lot of trouble over the dentist visit. Yesterday was really bad, I could barely hold anything and could not write at all. Not good timing on a study day and I started there by dropping my tea cup breaking it in pieces and crying about it. Pfffffff. Well I went home early because I was doped on painkilles and they were not doing much good anymore. Had another good cry at home and feeling unbalanced and sorry for myself. I d id not fee l focussed enough to grab a good book so selected a weepy movie. Braveheart! luckily I can still watch it and enjoy it despite not liking Mel Gibson much anymore for his views. Usually when this happens to me with an actor I cannot watch the movies anymore either. So I am glad I can still see this one as it is a good movie. Not historically correct at all, William Wallace did not look like a pict and the relationship in the movie does not do justice to Robert the Bruce. I do love the depiction of Edw...

Yesterday I was too busy to blog. Nina was visiting again. I really love that little dog and I can spend hours playing with her and petting her, but I was exhausted after a day. :) Devil's brood arrived yesterday!!!!! A new Sharon Penman book is always cause for celebration! And I know I am going to enjoy it. This one is the third bo ok in the story of Henry II and Eleanor. It is such a great story, Eleanor was such a strong woman, married first to the king of france and then to the man who would become king of England. Outliving both her husband and nearly all her children. That must have been hard! And I love the setting that these novels take place. Chinon and Fontevrault in France. I was lucky enough to visit there a few years ago. Chinon is a ruin but we spend nearly a day there taking it in. And the abbey? One of the most beautifull things I ever saw. Like I said these books are special to me. I think I read Here be dragons first. I picked that up in I think 1987. And read...