Irish Gift ideas – local, ethical and fabulous
I’ve been making some lists of gifts that I think would work for lots of different folks this Christmas, most of which are made or created by people local to me in the North East […]
2018
Insights launch, spoken word and finding happiness in our PJs
It’s not often I come home from somewhere and want to jump on the laptop to blog about it. But, after a one night stay in London, I wanted to record the trip, so I […]
Season of sicknesses and a raft of complaints – oh joy
I’ve been wanting to write a post for ages, but no time has ever felt right to put down what I want to say. I often find that – that I can’t write or blog […]
Here’s fifteen books I read recently
When I’m writing I tend not to read fiction. Mostly I’m afraid of absorbing the voice of the author I’m reading or having an existential crisis along the lines of THIS AUTHOR IS SO AMAZING, […]
Le Tremblay Loire Writers’ Retreat, France – an escape for the writing soul
If you follow any of my social channels you’ll notice that I was swanning it up in France there recently. Since I’ve come home lots of people have stopped me to say – what were […]
ANNOUNCING: New book deal, spoken word slot and the Irish Blog Awards
It’s been all go over here at LadyNicci HQ. One minute you’re changing nappies, roaring at your kids to stop weeing on things and wondering if you could slip unnoticed into an airport queue back […]
Hello lovely Autumn – we’re ready for you
Hello. How are you? What is the craic? Any news? No news here. Ok well there is some, but I’m not allowed say yet. IT IS NOT BABY NEWS. It’s been a long time since […]
Muddling through summer and a trip to Butlin’s Minehead
It’s been a busy few weeks at our little HQ. The summer holidays loomed and have passed in mostly an easy going, whatever kind of way. I was dreading the time off with our little […]
Separately together: what we’re watching on Netflix
We haven’t had a huge amount of time to settle down to Netflix lately. A combination of the goddamn ten thirty pm setting sun (but Mammy it’s not dark, it’s not bedtime…. grrrrrr) and a […]
8 reasons why I’m addicted to Love Island
You either watch it or you laugh at people who do. You’re either addicted or you avoid people who are. Love Island. Wow. Up until this year, I wouldn’t have been caught dead watching it. […]
Historical Fiction: 20 words and phrases that sound old but aren’t
I always thought historical fiction was a pretty mainstream genre. It was all I read when I was a kid, and growing up as an Enid Blyton fan, I associated books with everything ancient and […]
Still here. Just about. An update.
Wellity wellity. Look at you sitting over here all neglected. Poor blog. Poor liddle bloggy. I’ll be honest LadyNicci.com – you were nearly for the chop. No beating around the bloggy bush. I grew tired. […]
Reflections on a snow day
It was my birthday yesterday. YAY. Except all of our plans were scuppered thanks to a major storm snow Armageddon that came all the way from Siberia to say hello. We had booked a night […]
Netflix – the work life balance barometer in your life
Nuts. Nuts I tells ya, I’m going nuts. Between the kids, the house, the clutter, the non-moving baby weight and hmmm, what else I dunno, life stress, my little head has been a whirr. You’d […]