A Christmukkah gift to you

Happy Chrismukkah, dear readers!I have a little present for you. Think of it like a DVD extra feature but with words. I'm posting some excerpts from Walker's bit of Pretty Things that never made it into the final version. I thought they might amuse you.And then we had to stop because Lavinia strutted in and started screaming like a fishwife at us.I had Charlie practically in catatonic shock next

Competition winners!

Hey there, my little buttercupsI had a ginormous plate of spaghetti bolognaise for dinner tonight at my favourite Italian restaurant, then walked three and a half miles home and now I'm feeling rather peckish again. Dang! I hate when that happens.Life is a huge whirlygig of whirl at the moment. I'm still working on my second and final draft of a new book, plus have two big freelance assignments

Burning the candle at both ends...

Buenos dias, my sweet onesI'm a little hurty today as I've been going out too much and possibly drinking too much as well. Last night, I saw my good friend Kate Kannibal (possibly not her real last name) and her wonderful band, The Priscillas, play their Christmas show. And very wonderful it was, plus there was spectacular fake snow that got everywhere.I'm meant to be going out tonight but the