Paris, je t’aime

Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by susie in biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, films, girl meets cake, holidays, other writers, telly

Recipe for Happiness

Posted on 15. Oct, 2008 by susie in biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, girl meets cake, kids' books i've been reading

:D
  Moomins!  Blissful, lovely, mental Moomins.  Finn Family Moomintroll actually made me cry, it was so full of nostalgic small-me familiarity.  (And also mock my brain’s ability to reproduce things without ever consciously realising the source: arch ‘in which the following things happen‘ chapter introductions! an obsessive collector who is distraught to realise his life’s [...]

Mercury Thiocyanide!

Posted on 30. Sep, 2008 by susie in biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, cooking, girl meets cake, internet, kids' books i've been reading

Yes, this does look like…you know what. Yay science!
Burning Mercury Thiocyanide will amaze you!
  I’m not allowed to read books at the moment, what with being a bit busy trying to write one. But I’m dangling, like a carrot before a donkey, the prospect of Moomins when I finish. I can’t [...]

TELEGRAM SUS

Posted on 16. Sep, 2008 by susie in biscuits and lies, girl meets cake

RUMOURS ALL TRUE STOP
SAVAGE HAIRY DEADLINE EATING ME ALIVE STOP
COMMENTS ALL MOST AMUSING PLEASE DON’T STOP STOP

Girl Meets Deadline

Posted on 31. Aug, 2008 by susie in biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, cooking, girl meets cake, kids' books i've been reading, telly, the rugby isn't it

If by ‘Deadline’ we mean ‘arbitrary date several weeks after the proper deadline’, and by ‘Meets’ we mean ‘constructs vaguely comprehensible draft that is embarrassingly shoddy in places and needs to be at least 36% more funny’.  Come to think of it, ‘Girl’ is pushing it too.  Writer Writes Writing?
In any case, Girl Meets Cake [...]