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Jo Bavington-Jones

Jo Bavington-Jones: “I met my agent on a dating site”

2020-01-14
By: Cathy
On: 14 January 2020
In: Author interviews

Reading Time: 5 minutes Jo Bavington-Jones is the author of two novels: Lucy Shaw’s Not Sure and Lucy Shaw Wants More, both published byContinue Reading

Guest Post: My Experience of Working With Illustrators, by Nik Perring

2014-04-29
By: Cathy
On: 29 April 2014
In: Author interviews

Reading Time: 4 minutes Collaborating with Kirsty for the cover of The Flash Mob was a nerve-wracking experience. Would we like it? We absolutelyContinue Reading

Book review on Words With Jam

2013-12-11
By: Cathy
On: 11 December 2013
In: Book reviews

Reading Time: < 1 minute I subscribe to the Words With Jam newsletter and when the editor asked for book reviewers, I thought, ‘aha, IContinue Reading

How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran: Book Review

2012-05-12
By: Cathy
On: 12 May 2012
In: Book reviews

Reading Time: 3 minutes A Memoir of Masturbation, Menstruation and Music How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran I used to think CaitlinContinue Reading

Freaks! by Caroline Smailes and Nik Perring

2012-04-12
By: Cathy
On: 12 April 2012
In: Book reviews

Reading Time: 2 minutes She’s a busy girl, that Caroline Smailes. Her novel, 99 Reasons Why, was released last month and now she’s gotContinue Reading

99 Reasons Why by Caroline Smailes

2012-03-22
By: Cathy
On: 22 March 2012
In: Book reviews

Reading Time: 3 minutes 99 Reasons Why by Caroline Smailes doesn’t have an ending. It has 9 of them. To choose your ending onContinue Reading

Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey

Review: Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey

2009-12-08
By: Cathy
On: 8 December 2009
In: Book reviews

Reading Time: 3 minutes I read James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces quite a few years ago, long before The Smoking Gun outed himContinue Reading

Maidstone Book Club: Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller

2009-11-16
By: Cathy
On: 16 November 2009
In: Book reviews

Reading Time: 2 minutes After reading A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby for last month’s book club, this month we met up toContinue Reading

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Hello, I'm Cathy and I'm a writer, proofreader, editor and all-round word botherer but this blog is a collection of all sorts of stuff and there'll probably be stuff about cats and sewing as well as writing. Please believe me when I say my vocabulary does sometimes extend to words other than 'stuff'.

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A nice morning for some 7am yoga on the beach with A nice morning for some 7am yoga on the beach with @iamsolsticeyoga 😀
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#beachyoga #sunriseyoga #yoga #yogamat #yogaonthebeach #beginneryoga #notverybendy #notveryflexible #stretching #morningstretch #morningyoga
I’ve started doing c25k for the billionth time. I’ve started doing c25k for the billionth time. It was nice and peaceful down the Warren this morning 😀
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I went to a yoga class on the beach hosted by @iam I went to a yoga class on the beach hosted by @iamsolsticeyoga recently and now I’ll have to go again, as I’ve made a yoga mat bag. It’s got a strap inside to keep the mat secure and it also has a zipped pocket for my phone and keys 😀 
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I’m not sure dungarees are quite me but it was a I’m not sure dungarees are quite me but it was a fabulously easy pattern to follow, as always with a pattern from @tillybuttons. Fabric from my local fabric pusher, @_miss_gingers 😀
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I’ve started to make the Erin dungarees from @ti I’ve started to make the Erin dungarees from @tillybuttons. Fabric from @_miss_gingers 😀
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I went out for a walk and decided I hadn’t bough I went out for a walk and decided I hadn’t bought any fabric for ages. I never leave @_miss_gingers empty-handed 😀
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The back of my quilt is done! I think I prefer it The back of my quilt is done! I think I prefer it to the front 🤔 Cutting all the strips out was easy with my Stripology ruler though 😀
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You know spring has sprung when the Little Switzer You know spring has sprung when the Little Switzerland cafe opens again. As usual, me, @president_of_folkestone and @blueskypie legged it up there for a fry up 😀
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#littleswitzerland #folkestone #fryup #spring #local #localgems #hiddengems #littleswitzerlandcampsite
I went out on my bike for the first time in months I went out on my bike for the first time in months to look for cows. I wasn’t disappointed 🐮
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I bought this fabric a couple of years ago from @_ I bought this fabric a couple of years ago from @_miss_gingers and I had planned to make the Trapeze Dress from @merchantandmills but it turned out I didn’t have enough fabric so I made the ever-faithful Stevie from @tillybuttons instead 😀
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I finally got to try the veggie (vegan) breakfast I finally got to try the veggie (vegan) breakfast at @marleysfolkestone. It's a shame they no longer do vegan sausages and bacon, which I was looking forward to, but I can't complain because it was SO GOOD😀
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The top of my Wordle quilt is finished! I have no The top of my Wordle quilt is finished! I have no idea why I thought sewing hundreds of small squares together would be fun 🤔😂
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