What’s your week been like? Sum it up in 25 words or less. Here’s mine:
Lots of buses and writing research
A very odd film (but comfy seats)
Successful shopping day
Listen to audiobooks
Sum up Sunday
Flaunt it Friday
It’s that time of the week to share what you’re pleased with.
A few months back, I contacted Young Page Turners UK to ask if they’d consider reviewing my children’s book, The Clocker My Books
I got a response quite quickly saying yes and asking me to post a copy to the reviewer, which I did. This week I had an email with an apology for the delay and a link to the review on their website. Young Page Turners are passionate about books and they provide independent reviews of children’s and YA books. They do not charge for this service.
Not only was the review 5* but gives a comprehensive insight into the book and its appeal. I loved this – “ The Clocker, in particular, becomes a symbol of courage and self-acceptance. Through his daily care he provides for his hens, Nev also learns to care for himself, discovering an inner strength he didn’t realise he had.”
See the full review here https://youngpageturners.co.uk/the-clocker-by-liz-mackenzie-review/
To use a Wordy Wednesday word, I’m chuffed.
Wordy Wednesday
My word for today is mizzle, meaning light rain; drizzle. I thought of this word last week when, at times, it was decidedly mizzly.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its origin is late Middle English, probably from mist. In German there is miseln and in Dutch miezelen.
Mizzle seems to sum up this type of rain well, expressing the mood of drizzling, persistent rain so well.
There are so many different words to express weather conditions. Do you have any favourites?
Sum up Sunday
How has your week been? I’d love to hear your sum-up in 25 words or less. Here’s mine:
A bus here, a bus there
Several drenchings
Edit and then edit more
Tearoom lunch for B’s birthday
‘Bettys’ parcel brings joy.
Flaunt it Friday
Having completed the first draft of my next children’s book, I felt a bit daunted at the thought of starting the editing process. I remembered I still had access to some online talks on editing and decided to listen to the one on developmental editing.
It occurred to me as I listened that I knew how to do this. There was nothing in the tutorial that I couldn’t do, or hadn’t done before. It felt reassuring to have a way forward.
I’m pleased to say I’ve made a start. I’ve been through the whole manuscript noting areas I’d identified in square brackets that needed research or clarification. I’m now halfway through reading the manuscript to check for inconsistencies. That feels like quite an achievement.
What are you pleased about this week?
Wordy Wednesday
Last week I went to a TenX9 and Kino Kolo combined event. TenX9 is a storytelling event where (usually) 9 people read a true-life story for 10 minutes each. There’s always a theme. For this event, the theme was fashion. Kino Kolo is a community cinema bringing Eastern European films to the East Midlands. For this event, there were short films and TenX9 readers.
The first storyteller’s piece was about shoes. As she described her childhood in Dundee, my interest was piqued by the word dubs. This word, though originally referring to a stagnant pool of water, is now used to refer to puddles. The storyteller referred to splashing through dubs with her wellies. What a wonderful word and a new one for me; I love it.
Sum up Sunday
How’s your week been? I’d love to hear your sum-ups in 25 words or less. Here’s mine:
Four jackets sold at the charity shop
Another ten thousand words written
Out here and there, cultural stuff
Home to unwind.
Flaunt it Friday
This week, I am pleased with a plodding along sort of week. I’ve plodded on with the first draft of my second children’s book. Plodded on with contacting bookshops and libraries to ask them to stock my book. I’ve volunteered, been out, kept the house (reasonably) clean and tidy, groomed the cats and so on. See what I mean by plodding? It’s good to have a plodding along week sometimes.
What are you pleased with this week?
Wordy Wednesday
This week, my Wordy Wednesday word is nesh. It’s commonly used in The Midlands and the North of England to describe someone who can’t cope with the cold. You Southerners are so nesh.
The original meaning, according to my trusty dictionary, is delicate, weak or feeble – of a person. Its origin is Old English hnesce, which is of German origin and related to the Dutch dialect nes meaning soft or foolish.
Do you have a word where you live that describes someone nesh?
Sum up Sunday
Eat ice cream in the heat
Drink tea, listen to stories
Theatre while others eclipsed
Eye follow up – all good
Family time.
That’s my week summed up in 25 words or less; how was your week?
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