Life is stressful for lots of people at the moment. The endless gloomy weather we have had in the UK has underpinned a general feeling of dissatisfaction, if the news headlines and social networking sites are anything to go by. In my own life, I am emerging from a bittersweet year when I got my […]
There’s already talk of New Year resolutions and reflections on 2010, but the mood for 2011 seems far from optimistic. So I’m going to lift your spirits by opening an new bag of optimism for the start of a new year. For me, 2010 brought a range of new experiences, both good and bad. I […]
Yesterday I visited the National Air Traffic Control Centre and stood in the viewing gallery marvelling at how the people controlling the flights looked so calm and relaxed. I found out something I never realised before, despite being a regular flyer: how the airspace is split both horizontally and vertically. This made me suddenly very […]
It’s been a funny old week where I’ve been making contact with my focused, hard working self and avoiding my sheep-like, fuzzy headed social networking self. I needed to get some serious work done in order to progress to the next level in the game of jacquiworld and to do this I had to cut […]
I couldn’t let this week pass without writing about an uncomfortable experience with the photocopier repair man. In he came, with his hard black case and his porn moustache, a distinct throwback from the days of Jason King. He unpacked, immediately requested cup of coffee, and began to work on the machine. Eventually I decided […]
I get notes from the Universe from Mike Dooley at www.tut.com. Keris Stainton put me on to Mike Dooley’s website and whatever you believe in, it can’t help but improve you life. The website itself in concerned with the Law of Attraction based on ‘The Secret’ which has a lot of good things to say. […]
I had cause this week to remember a time some years ago when life was pretty much a routine of hardship. I didn’t enjoy the rote of predictability that I shouldered for many years and I was desperate to escape. If only for a moment. Around that time I initiated my ‘Do Something Different’ regime. […]
Wow! Seven days of writing. It’s enough to drive someone to… find the plot. These seven days have been great. Sitting at my very untidy desk thinking and writing, it’s been luxury. I’ve decided on the full plot for The Waiting List and almost finished the identity book. The incubation was worth it. Better that […]
It’s my birthday this week. It crept up on me like a cold and here I am the day before, wondering where all those years have gone! It got me thinking about birthday presents and what would be my ideal prezzie this year. I’ve got a fiction full MS Out There with an agent right […]
One of the most wonderful things about Manchester is that it is a major venue for all the big names in music. Aside from producing lots of the greats who return regularly, it attracts most artists on a worldwide tour. In recent years I have seen more bands and artists than I can remember, most […]