....some better news! I am now a published author!!!! My wise words are now being spread far and wide courtesy of The Guardian online. Admittedly it is barely a paragraph and just about a sentence - but it has cheered me up.
The article in all its twinkly glory can be found here:- The Guardian.
Now that I am proper famous I am available for further paragraphs and sentences in other publications. Thank you.
Oh, and yes, it is true - my home is strewn with fairy lights from November until the end of March - they are really useful during power cuts caused by relentless storms. I truly am the wise woman of Devon.
HErrgott ! How does it feel to be a celebrity ?!
ReplyDeleteWell deserved, we always believed in you !
No fairy lights here. Maybe I will light a candle this evening, just so.
Mr Mags - I feel that I ought to send you a box of fairy lights for Christmas, but the postage costs would be crippling.
DeleteI know!! I'm a proper celeb now!! All in all it has made me smile - that's enough.
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Looks like we have both been now spread far and wide.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks heavens you really were talking about fairy lights...even though I come on at 5pm too, and been told I get twinkly everywhere possible too. How fun Ms Scarlet! Congrats!!! Now a full-on published author and a talented calligrapher as well. It's beside me why Buckingham Palace hasn't scooped you up yet to address the Royal invitations to its events, plus now you can add some sparkle too.
Mistress Maddie!!!! Yes, I was genuinely talking about fairy lights!
ReplyDeleteBy Royal Appointment would be a wonderful strap line wouldn't it? Something to work towards in 2025 I think.
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The British Journalism Awards will take place on Thursday, 12th December 2024, at the London Hilton Bankside.
ReplyDeleteI fully expect to see you there!! With twinkles. Jx
Jon - I will be there lit up like a Christmas tree, I am already working on my acceptance speech for Best Reader’s Tip 2024 - I will thank all my blogging friends for supporting me whilst I dredged my brain for a suitable idea. As always I will remain humble and will supply cake.
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I gather you've already been longlisted for the Booker Prize, such is the stunning originality and creativity of your modest novella. Basing the whole narrative on a string of fairy lights is pure genius. All the other authors must be green with envy.
ReplyDeleteNick - I think the whole structure of my brain is based on a string of fairy lights, so it wasn't difficult to write about! But yeah, I embrace the envy.
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Well, bugger me! You've gone an' got all proper famous, you have. And it's cheered us all up no end. Now,do you have time to tell them how to make those cheery,cheeky crackers? I bet everyone's dying to know how you you did those!
ReplyDeleteDinah - Crackers!! I do know how to make crackers so long as people shout 'bang' when they're pulled!
ReplyDeleteYep, proper famous for Christmas!
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Well done Scarlet! I suppose it won't do any harm if you told people that you write for the Guardian. I hope you don't become too grand to talk to the likes of us plebeians. I don't have fairy lights but I do have a collection of battery operated candles on the hearth and on the living room window sill I have two water filled glass ornaments similar to a snow globe but Christmas tree shaped, filled with glitter that light up and change colour, yes, they do look as common as they sound. I will take a picture of them tomorrow at 5pm.
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