Wow! Where do I start this week? We have a new Labour Leader
that to coin a Yorkshire saying ‘will put the cat amongst the pigeons’ – I love
cats and dislike pigeons or as my Dad used to call them ‘flying rats’! Quite
apt really.
So, this is my 100th post. Who would have thought
it? Not me, that’s for sure. I thought no one would be interested, let alone
read my ramblings but here I am! One hundred posts, hundreds of positive
comments, over 26,000 views and some great online friendships. Thank you to
each and every one of you for keeping me sane – well, trying anyway!
No one’s life is perfect but we do ALL have lots to be
thankful of. I know I am thankful for two great boys, my independence and my
brain – well, the latter when it wants to work.
After the popularity and support of last week’s blog I have
made a momentous decision to live the rest of my life with the right people
and not looking back, holding onto people who don’t truly love me and want me
to fall at every obstacle that is put in my way. Guess what? I don’t feel
lonely or scared. I think I have to admit here that my ex-husband was right all
along – jeez that was HARD to say! Now, I feel liberated and free.
It is really strange how, no matter what life throws at you,
some feelings re-surface even after thirty plus years of getting on with life. I
met someone recently that I haven’t seen for many, many years but the minute I
was there in their presence I knew I was in the right place with the right
people. I was nervous but happy. It was
a very strange and surreal moment. The challenge now is fitting in another
element of life around the boys, writing, Menieres and Sheffield. Where there’s
a will, there’s a way!
One thing I have learnt this weekend is never, ever
underestimate the power of your voice as a human being. We are a powerful source
and have the ability to change even the most stubborn of establishments if we
choose to do it together. I read today that Labour are now a threat to national
security because Labour ‘would break a valuable consensus between the main
parties on issues such as nationalisation, nuclear weapons, taxation and union
laws.’ When was this general consensus agreed? We were all right after all –
they were all the same at the last election. It is extremely dangerous in a democracy for a government to call the opposition 'a national security threat' especially when we fight against the tyranny of dictatorships.
Whatever your allegiance in politics, you have to admit
having someone who will stand up and question the decisions of the country’s politicians
has to be a good thing for the whole country. No longer is there a free loading
seat in the ivory tower.
Labour have to now be a HUGE opposition party holding all the Tory's terrible policies to account and exposing all the lies! That is how credibility is built. Bring it on, that’s what I say.
Labour have to now be a HUGE opposition party holding all the Tory's terrible policies to account and exposing all the lies! That is how credibility is built. Bring it on, that’s what I say.
BACK TO THE DAY JOB…
It’s
been a very busy week.
THE NANNY
I have started writing the script to the Nanny in between
some very valuable research as I want to do the subject justice. I can't believe I started writing this piece of work then the NI Assembly appears in the news headlines. Talk about timing...
“Sometimes the past cannot be
laid to rest without direct intervention. John and Martha O’Grady were victims
of the conflict in Ireland. They may have survived but witnessing the death of
their parents and grandparents at the hands of the IRA had left indelible
horror on their young minds. Orphaned, they were split up. Martha was sent to a
convent and John adopted and moved to Manchester.
Thirty years on they are about
to be reunited only to find the horrors of their past re-appear with
potentially fatal consequences.”
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Can you tell I’m a little excited
about this piece of work?
It is such an incredibly powerful subject so close to my
heart. Watch this space…
STREETWISE
No update as yet – it is still with the first production company.
Hopefully I will hear something soon and you will be the first to know …but
only if you follow me on social media. Please let it be soon and be positive. I
need a break from financial destitution!
The story is set in Leeds (surprise, surprise!) and tells
the tale of fate bringing people together under extraordinary circumstances:
“Life’s
path can change in the blink of an eye or the detonation of a bomb. Rob Kennedy
should have been planning a wedding not a funeral. Consumed with guilt and
grief, suicide seemed his only escape from his perpetual nightmare until a
single act of kindness by a real life guardian angel, saves him from himself.
Twelve months on, unable to
trace each other, Rob and Kate’s paths are about to cross once more in
extraordinarily circumstances.”
BEYOND THE PAST
Following some expert advice, I have decided to turn this
into a script. Next project after editing the sequel, the Nanny and writing
blogs – no pressure like!
Have you had the chance to read it yet? Would you like to
review it for me?
Read the first three chapters FREE on my website
Available from:
Pegasus Publishers
Amazon UK
Kindle
Amazon US
Or you can order from your local bookshop. The ISBN number is : 978-1-84386-789-0
Read the first three chapters FREE on my website
Available from:
Pegasus Publishers
Amazon UK
Kindle
Amazon US
Or you can order from your local bookshop. The ISBN number is : 978-1-84386-789-0
Well, I’m off now to write The Nanny before I go to watch
Lucas play his first Under 10s football match – this year he can get fined for
red and yellow cards so he has been warned…oh and his Dad will be paying the
fines!!
Have a brilliant week. It will certainly be an interesting
one…
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