Suze's Witterings

So, having reached 200k half way through the year, we're almost three quarters through the year and I have passed the 400k mark! If a p...

Are there more days between 1 January and 30 June than between 1 July and 31 December? I'll leave you pondering that. Regardless, let...

I'm writing about recent runs in reverse order. In early March, I ran in the Surrey Half marathon: Guildford to Woking and back. It wa...

Following completion of the Surrey half marathon a couple of weeks ago, this Sunday saw me in Kingston for the Wholefoods breakfast Run. Us...

I started the year with my usual plan of running the Reading half marathon, with half an eye on a sub 2 hour time.  As usual, the best laid ...

So, I previously posted about my 10,000 word start on a novel.  Do I say much about it yet? No, I'll keep under wraps for now.  I was a...

Having read these back to back last week, I felt they deserved a mention.  I sometimes marvel at how much the girls enjoy reading; once Boo...

So I've spent the last month participating in Campnanowrimo.  The premise is simple: you set a target and write.  The default target fo...

Avoid the Passive Voice with Zombies Useful resource, trying to work out where to save this in order to refer back to it.  Where else?  Bl...

A steampunk adventure in 31 days...

I have just completed a re-read of Game of Thrones. Series 3 has recently been broadcast in the UK, we don't have cable or satellite (a...

Having found some pictures of my previous mini and admiring how shiny it looked, here's a scan - having messed around with the Picassa ...

Come, don't hurry or harry, for hurray, it's Curry night! Karma is yours, in creamy Korma But first the pappadums, prickly pickles a...

I was surprised when looking back through last years' posts that there were only just over ten, I thought I'd been more regular in m...

So I've just finished the fifth book of George RR Martin's "Game of Thrones". There are now so many different viewpoints t...

I've been learning to crochet. Inspiration struck when I bought Mr S a Star Wars craft book. Among the patchwork quilt made from Star W...

I've just finished this. It was an impulse buy from the Amazon Kindle Store. Good but not great. One you want to continue to read to ge...

This was a Christmas present (thanks R!) but it's taken a while to sit down and read it. Overall, I would say it was worth waiting for....

This is the first of Val McDermid's books which I have read. A few years ago we watched the Wire in the Blood series and grew to like i...

So I have just finished Skagboys by Irvine Welsh. It's a precursor, I'm not sure I'd call it a prequel, to Trainspotting. I ha...