Tag: #MondayBlogs

#MondayBlogs: Author Spotlights: Inspiration to write

July 3, 2017 26 Comments

Today, I’d like to share with you a new idea I’ve had regarding Author/Blogger/Writer Spotlights. I’ve decided to blast this out on a Monday using the hashtag #MondayBlogs Bad RedHead Media – Monday Blogs – Why You Should Be Participating– I hope this is okay Rachel, @BadRedheadMedia (I’m not promoting my own book!) I shall be offering the opportunity to […]

Annual Bloggers Bash

The Bash Rebranded, #MondayBlogs

February 27, 2017 3 Comments

The following is Sacha Black’s post and my attempt at a reblog: THE BASH, REBRANDED! #MONDAYBLOGS I can’t quite believe it, but the bash is nearly three years old. *Weeps with pride* Each year it continues to grow in size which means what we do needs to grow in size too. Sure, it’s a big blog social, but that doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously. What started out as one nosy blogger more desperate to meet the friends she’d made online than stay safe and introverted behind the screen, is slowly turning a beast. One day, I hope, the BASH will be a huge blogging festival. I can dream, right? Besides, I brainwashed the minions into obedience before they knew what they were signing up to and I have plans to recruit more. SHHH, they’ll never know. So this year, we decided to overhaul the Bash, logos and all. The lovely George Grey, used by both Geoff and Hugh for their cover designs, has upped the BASH anti and given us a much slicker look. Ladies and gents, the new bash logo… If you haven’t bought your ticket for the biggest blog social of the year, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE? Go, buy it, now… (from here). We’re running a blog competition too if you want to win a tonne of prizes, like a critique, beta read and book trailer, then check it out here, the competition closes on the 1st […]

Humour

#MondayBlogs: (Totally Not Serious) Author Bio Generator

May 16, 2016 20 Comments

I discovered this Totally Not Serious Author Bio Generator via Helen at Journey to Ambeth, and as I like a giggle I thought I’d have a go and share it for Rachel Thompson’s @RachelintheOC,#MondayBlogs. See if you’d like to try it out – the more crazy and humorous the better! Her link is at the end of the post – […]

Inspiration

#MondayBlogs: Drive Thru Shine!! Good Luck: Exams!! #NanNowriMo

November 16, 2015 12 Comments

It’s Monday again, and I’m doing another #MondayBlogs post, brain child of @RachelintheOC. http://badredheadmedia.com/what-is-mondayblogs-and-why-you-should-be-participating/ To inspire and motivate all of you sitting exams and tests, I’m focusing on one precious short and sweet word, Shine.I know that my youngest daughter Gina is starting her mock GCSE exams this week so this is especially for her, and all of you currently studying […]

Inspiration

#MondayBlogs: Good Luck With Exams!!

November 9, 2015 6 Comments

For #MondayBlogs hastag on twitter, @RachelintheOC, I’m sharing something very close to my heart, some Good Luck Wishes. What kind of Good luck Wishes? The kind that means that your blogging break gets forgotten for a tiny moment. I’m currently on a blogging break, but I couldn’t resist giving everyone a bit of encouragement before the forthcoming exams. My youngest daughter Georgina will be sitting her GCSE mock […]

Halloween

Spooktacular 2015: The Gallows at The Caxton Gibbett Inn

October 26, 2015 2 Comments

I’m joining in the Spooktacular Capturing History Challenge from Ed Mooney. Here’s a link to Ed’s blog: https://edmooneyphoto.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/spooktacular-2015/ As I’m blogging this on a Monday, this is my entry for Rachel Thompson’s #MondayBlogs too: https://twitter.com/RachelintheOC. Rachel blogs at Bad Red Head Media. http://badredheadmedia.com/ I really wanted to join in this challenge this month as I am doing a spooky stuff and nonsense theme on […]

Writing and Blogging

79 Words Story: The Halloween Brooch

October 12, 2015 18 Comments

This Monday I’m doing something a little bit different for #MondayBlogs I’m exercising my word muscles with the intention of entering into Chris the Story Reading Ape’s 79 Words story challenge. The next 79 story challenge entries will be going live soon – I’ve been a bit quick off the racing block – the shot gun hasn’t been fired just yet, so check […]

Book Review

My Kyrosmagica Review of Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell

October 5, 2015 6 Comments

This Monday I thought I’d do a review of Frozen Charlotte for #MondayBlogs. Why not start the week with a bit of scary bookish fun….. Goodreads Synopsis: We’re waiting for you to come and play. Dunvegan School for Girls has been closed for many years. Converted into a family home, the teachers and students are long gone. But they left something behind…Sophie arrives at the old schoolhouse to spend the summer with her cousins. Brooding Cameron with his scarred hand, strange Lilias with a fear of bones and Piper, who seems just a bit too good to be true. And then there’s her other cousin. The girl with a room full of antique dolls. The girl that shouldn’t be there. The girl that died. My review: This month I joined the Stripes publishing #redeyereadalong and I’m so glad I did! Just finished reading Frozen Charlotte. This novel is very good, definitely one to devour, that’s the right word. A fast paced, exciting, and at times gruesome read. Warning: if you have a fear of needles, dolls, knives, ghosts, freezing, drowning, burning to death, or falling of cliffs, I wouldn’t pick this up! I don’t normally read horror, but this month I’m doing a Halloween type theme on my blog, with spooky books, poems, short stories, etc. Sometimes it’s good to try new things!! I snatched whatever time I could find to read Frozen Charlotte during the day, this wasn’t bedtime reading for […]

A - Z Book Reviews

A – M of My Book Reviews.

September 28, 2015 58 Comments

My I Love Books A-Z of my Book Reviews on my blog. While I was up in Edinburgh my wise owl of a brother suggested that it would be a good idea to have an awesome A – Z list. Yes this is a terrific idea, but it’s taken me ages to compile! Thanks Donald!!! Siblings huh! Only kidding, I appreciate your input. […]

Humour

#MondayBlogs: A New Term Begins: The New Term Blues

September 14, 2015 9 Comments

A new term begins, a bit like the branches of this beautiful tree it proposes many opportunities but also separates too. We are now back to our little group of three and I expect it will take some getting used to again. The journey to Brighton on Saturday luckily wasn’t fraught with too many issues. We arrived on the seafront, but found […]