First of all, my thanks to Terri Giuliano Long, author of In Leah’s Wake and the upcoming Nowhere to Run, for hosting Celebrating Bloggers 2013. Blogging & Bloggers The first advice I would ever give to an aspiring author is to start a blog. The world of blogging is such a vast and multitudinous one that(…)
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Valentine’s Day Hop: Wuthering Heights – Wild, Dark, Tragic
his is nothing,’ cried she: ‘I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights;(…)
Meet the Family Holiday Hop: Kitty Christmas
Today we’re taking part in the Meet the Family Holiday Hop, hosted by Terri Giuliano Long. If you’d like to take part, it’s not too late! Simply head on over to Terri’s blog to find out more. It may come as a surprise (ha ha) to find that David and I spend more on our(…)
Christmas Wish List of the Dirty Half a Dozen
Call it misfortune or privilege, but I am in the position of being the owner to six cats that often leave their daily musings around the house in the form of minutes from meetings, lists, diary entries and even graffiti on the walls. Just don’t ask me what they use to write such slogans as(…)
#BlogFlash1031 Halloween: Spooky Movies
I’m taking part in #BlogFlash1031 Halloween, cohosted by Terri Giuliano Long and The Indie Exchange. Check out the list at the bottom of the page for the rest of the hop and Happy Halloween! #BlogFlash1031 Halloween: ‘Spooky’ I watched horror films from a young age. For some reason my mother had no issue with renting(…)
All Pets Want for Christmas Blog Hop – 8 December
In December, Vickie Johnstone (author of The Kiwi Series and 3 Heads and A Tail) and David M. Brown (author of Man vs. Cat) are acknowledging that they could well spend more than on their pets than they do on their partners. Will it be the cat equivalent of socks? Or worse, a tangerine and(…)
World Animal Day Blog Hop: Homage to the Dirty Half Dozen
Over the last thirty years I have owned many pets. When I was born my parents already owned an English sheepdog named Suzy, who didn’t take kindly to the arrival of another screaming baby – I was the second of two sons. Throughout my childhood we also had goldfish, gerbils, hamsters, even terrapins at one(…)
World Animal Day 10/4: Blog Hop
Sponsored by Terri Giuliano Long, author of In Leah’s Wake, and David M. Brown, author of upcoming title Man vs Cat World Animal Day: October 4th 2012 On October 4th help us celebrate World Animal Day with a huge blog hop event! You could win a $50 Amazon voucher just for spreading the word about(…)
Giveaway: When Seasons Change Blog Hop
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dave are taking part in the ‘When Seasons Change’ blog hop, hosted by And The Little Ones Too and Taking Time for Mommy. To celebrate the changing seasons, the cooling weather, the wind, the rain and the blustery Yorkshire grey skies (we may sound bitter but actually we love Autumn!) we(…)
Indulgent Blog Hop: What’s Your Indulgence?
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dave have stripped back on indulgences dramatically since we became Mum and Dad to six rescue cats. It isn’t so much about the money but frankly, once you’ve had one pair of shoes pooed on, a nice piece of furniture scratched and marked, a few ornaments knocked off and broken… well,(…)
Celebrating Womanhood: The Tweedling Way
Hosted by Living, Learning, and Loving Life, Cabin Goddess, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dave, Tea With Dee, and alchemyofscrawl. I was umming and aahing about what to write about for Celebrating Womanhood, when I decided to rope David in and see what he thought. Here’s our combined effort! Celebrating Womanhood with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle(…)
Celebrating Bloggers: The Blogging Perspective
As part of Terri Giuliano Long’s ‘Celebrating Bloggers’ event, I talked about book blogging and bloggers from an authors’ perspective on Monday – or rather my trusty friend the Writing Pilgrim did. Today, I’m talking about it from other side of the fence! Celebrating Bloggers I’ve always loved books. In my early teens I began(…)
Join the Celebrating Womanhood Event – Open to All!
Hosted by Living, Learning, and Loving Life, Cabin Goddess, CrazyLadyx5, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dave, Tea With Dee, alchemyofscrawl, and Retro Housewife Goes Green. About Celebrating Womanhood For one day, we want to drown out negativity and celebrate the beauty and pride of women. These days it seems that some people want us to be(…)
What Do You Look for in a Book Review?
Today I’m taking part in Reading Romances’ “Review Blog Hop”, inviting book bloggers to talk about what they look for in a review. I’ve decided to talk about book reviews specifically because what I’m looking for in these can vary considerably from what I’d look for in a music, game or film review. I don’t(…)
Celebrating Community: How Do You Share Happiness?
I’m writing this post as part of Pavarti K. Tyler’s fantastic Celebrating Community Blog Hop, which has looked at everything from what community means, to favourite recipes, to community/family snaps. Today, it’s all about sharing happiness. How Do You Share Happiness? For me the most effective way of sharing happiness has always been one simple(…)
Wordless Wednesday: Welcome to Elenchera
Wordless Wednesday: Welcome to Elenchera My Wordless Wednesday today is welcoming you to the fictional world of Elenchera. With David’s second novel, A World Apart, ready to launch, our hearts and minds are pretty much buried in Elenchera right now, so it seemed only fair to take you there too! What’s got you wordless this(…)
Wordless Wednesday: Majestic cats
Wordless Wednesday: Majestic Cats My Wordless Wednesday today is celebrating the majesty of cats and how better to do that than with this picture of the beautiful Asrielle. Kriss, also known as The Cabin Goddess, owns this beautiful creature and said: ”Her name is Asrielle, not after the only female smurf but a song by Deadhorse,(…)
Awww…Mondays: Cats Get Everywhere…
This week (and every week!) we’ll be taking part in Awww…Mondays, posting a weekly dose of cuteness. To find out more about ‘Awww….Mondays’, click here. This is actually quite an old picture but I came across it yesterday and thought it would be a perfect Awww Monday pick! It really is true that cats get(…)