Diary of a one year old – 15 months
In two days time the baby will be 15 months old. Only we can’t call her a baby anymore. I think the correct term is ‘person’. She is a mini human being, with a personality […]
2015
Get the look – Christening Mama Style
It was a rainy, cold and wet November day but our Sunday was filled with warmth, curry and joy as we officially welcomed the latest addition of the extended clan into the world. My first […]
How I write – Jax Miller
Jax Miller was born in New York. She’s listed by Publishers Weekly as a top ten thriller of 2015 and was recently nominated for Best Crime Novel for her novel ‘Freedom’s Child’ in the Irish […]
Diets and food phases. A JOURNEY. (Includes Slimming World)
Do you ever go through phases in your life? Are you a spur of the phase type person? I am. It’s inherited from my Dad. We both have a tendency to pick up projects, get […]
Real author. High five.
I’m a sucker for book launches these days. Free wine. Check. Books. Check. Chance to meet real authors. In like Flynn. On Friday night however, I got a chance to be more than involved. I […]
How I write – Andrea Mara
Andrea Mara is a freelance writer and blogger, who lives in Dublin with her husband and three children. She attempts – often badly – to balance work, family and writing, then lets off steam on […]
Ten hairstyles that shouldn’t be on a human head
What’s your hair like? And how does it affect your life? Does it just hang about your shoulders and behind your ears, never really bothering you? Or do you think and plan your life around […]
Seven writing competitions you should enter in 2016
I’ve written before about coming runner up in a writing competition. I was eleven. The competition was organised by An Post. I won a luminous yellow t-shirt with a green dinosaur on it. And I […]
The End. Book written. Now what?
Oh hello little blog. You are still here. Staring at me blankly. Tapping your foot. Throwing your bloggy arms up to heaven and saying ‘where were you?’ Well, frankly, it’s not you. It’s me. I’ve […]
Calling yourself a writer: the leap
I haven’t posted about writing in a while and that’s a good thing because I’ve been busy. Writing. Or rather, reading. And editing. There are three books on the go. My original book, which I […]
Get the look – Vera Wang on the cheap
You know what I’ve never done? A style post. All these lovely bloggers I follow publish pics of their dresses and shoes and shiny skinniness when they attend events. I LOVE looking at the pics, […]
Review: Ziaja Argan Oil Hand and Face Cream
All is forgiven Bill. Karma. The world is right again. The donkey socks never arrived but something else did. I know you didn’t actually send the package Bill, but I have to believe that you […]
Nothing to hold. Nothing to grieve. Nothing.
I started counting this morning. The ones that I know about. Aunties and uncles. A distant cousin. In-laws. Twins. Two babies for two Mums. Some at seven weeks. Some at thirteen. Gone. No heartbeat. I’m […]
Diary of a one year old: 14 months
The baby is crazy. She’s gone from a wriggly blob to a shuffly blob to a small girl child who can climb and run and use her hands like an adult might. I can’t understand […]