Do Not Adjust Your Set

Posted on 02. Mar, 2008 by susie in books i've been reading, doctor who, telly

Thank heaven the writers’ strike is over. Listed as in ‘active development’ by Production Weekly:
TOUCHED BY A SUPERMODEL
Producer: Tyra Banks. After being electrocuted to death on the runway, a leggy model finds she can’t enter Heaven without first returning to Earth and doing good deeds to earn her way in.

Is it wrong that I really, [...]

I went to London and all I got was…

Posted on 28. Feb, 2008 by susie in big woo, books i've been reading, cooking, kids' books i've been reading

…champagne and lovely lunch and boooooooooooooooooks! Oh, glee. It’s not in the shops till April, so until then you’ll just have to make do with a rubbish cameraphone picture which in no way conveys the sheer SHININESS of the beautiful wee thing. And the inside looks even more pretty. I love [...]

fumbly, mumbly, little bit stumbly

Posted on 20. Jan, 2008 by susie in books i've been reading, kids' books i've been reading, other writers, telly

In trying to nail a new character voice, I’ve realised my productive vocabulary is miniscule. But my fantasy vocabulary is thriving.
Channel 4’s Shrink Rap is a ‘dumbly and unpleasantly titled series‘, said A.A. Gill in yesterday’s Times. Which is true, but apparently open to misinterpretation: pronounce the ‘b’ in dumbly and voila! you [...]